KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.
WEB World English Bible
Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.
ASV American Standard Version
And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Abner and his men have gone through the plain all that night, and pass over the Jordan, and go on through all Bithron, and come in to Mahanaim.
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 2
26 Then 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?
27 And 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.
28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
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.
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.
31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, [so that] three hundred and threescore men died.
32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which [was in] Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
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וְאַבְנֵ֣רH74 · av.nerAbnerוַֽאֲנָשָׁ֗יוH582 · e.noshhumanהָֽלְכוּ֙H1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבָּֽעֲרָבָ֔הH6160 · a.ra.vahArabahכֹּ֖לH3605 · kolallהַלַּ֣יְלָהH3915 · lay.lahnightהַה֑וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itוַיַּעַבְר֣וּH5674 · a.varto passאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַיַּרְדֵּ֗ןH3383 · yar.denJordanוַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙H1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַבִּתְר֔וֹןH1338 · bit.ronBithronוַיָּבֹ֖אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeמַחֲנָֽיִם׃H4266 · ma.cha.na.yimMahanaim
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