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Abner Joins David

2 Samuel 3:20

In 11 translations

BSB
When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.
KJV
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.
WEB
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. David made Abner and the men who were with him a feast.
ASV
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.
LSV
and Abner comes to David, to Hebron, and twenty men [are] with him, and David makes a banquet for Abner and for the men who [are] with him.
YLT
and Abner cometh in unto David, to Hebron, and with him twenty men, and David maketh for Abner, and for the men who [are] with him, a banquet.
DBY
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a repast.
DRC
And he came to David in Hebron with twenty men: and David made a feast for Abner, and his men that came with him.
GNV
So Abner came to Dauid to Hebron, hauing twentie men with him, and Dauid made a feast vnto Abner, and to the men that were with him.
JPS
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.
LXXE
And Abenner came to David to Chebron, and with him twenty men: and David made for Abenner and his men with him a banquet of wine.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּבֹ֨א אַבְנֵ֤ר אֶל־דָּוִד֙ חֶבְר֔וֹן וְאִתּ֖וֹ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וַיַּ֨עַשׂ דָּוִ֧ד לְאַבְנֵ֛ר וְלַאֲנָשִׁ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֖וֹ מִשְׁתֶּֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἦλθεν Ἀβεννὴρ πρὸς Δαυὶδ εἰς Χεβρὼν, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ εἴκοσι ἄνδρες· καὶ ἐποίησε Δαυὶδ τῷ Ἀβεννὴρ καὶ τοῖς ἀνδράσι τοῖς μετʼ αὐτοῦ πότον.

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  • Genesis 26:30So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
  • Esther 1:3In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.
  • Genesis 31:54Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.

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