Abner: 1 Samuel 14:50, 1 Samuel 17:55, 1 Samuel 26:14
Saul's host: Heb. the host which was Saul's
Ishbosheth: 2 Samuel 3:7-8, 2 Samuel 4:5-6; 1 Chronicles 8:33, 1 Chronicles 9:39, Esh-baal
Mahanaim: 2 Samuel 17:26-27; Genesis 32:2
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2 Samuel 2:8
2 Samuel 2:8
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