King James Version
2 Samuel 2:31 in the King James Version says “But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.”
2 Samuel 2:31 · KJV
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.
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.
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of Benjamin”
H1144binjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“men”
H582properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
“men”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
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