2 Samuel 2:30
And 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 Samuel 2:30 in other translations
| BSB | When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing, |
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| WEB | Joab returned from following Abner; and when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen men of David’s and Asahel were missing. |
| ASV | And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel. |
| YLT | And Joab hath turned back from after Abner, and gathereth all the people, and there are lacking of the servants of David nineteen men, and Asahel; |
| DARBY | And Joab returned from following Abner, and gathered all the people together; and there lacked of David's servants nineteen men, and Asahel. |
| BBE | And Joab came back from fighting Abner: and when he had got all his men together, it was seen that nineteen of David's men, in addition to Asahel, were not with them. |
| Webster | And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had assembled all the people, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men, and Asahel. |
What does 2 Samuel 2:30 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 2:19-32
19-32. Asahel pursued after Abner--To gain the general's armor was deemed the grandest trophy. Asahel, ambitious of securing Abner's, had outstripped all other pursuers, and was fast gaining on the retreating commander. Abner, conscious of possessing more physical power, and unwilling that there should be "blood" between himself and Joab, Asahel's brother, twice urged him to desist. The impetuous young soldier being…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 2:25-32
Abner appeals to Joab concerning the miserable consequences of a civil war. Those who make light of such unnatural contests, will find that they are bitterness to all concerned. How easy it is for men to use reason, when it makes for them, who would not use it, if it made against them! See how the issue of things alter men's minds! The same thing which looked pleasant in the morning, at night looked dismal. Those…
2 Samuel 2:30 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 2 Samuel 2:29
And 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 Samuel 2:30
And 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 Samuel 2:31
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
2 Samuel 2:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Joab también volvió de seguir á Abner, y juntando todo el pueblo, faltaron de los siervos de David diecinueve hombres, y Asael. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Joab s’en retourna de la poursuite d’Abner et rassembla tout le peuple; et, des serviteurs de David, il manquait 19 hommes et Asçaël. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Joab aber kehrte um von der Verfolgung Abners und versammelte das ganze Volk; da wurden von den Knechten Davids neunzehn Mann vermißt und Asael. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Porro Joab reversus, omisso Abner, congregavit omnem populum: et defuerunt de pueris David decem et novem viri, excepto Asaële. |