2 Samuel 2:16

2 Samuel 2:16 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

16Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his dagger into his opponent’s side, and they fell down together. So that place in Gibeon was called Helkath Hazzurim.2:16 Helkath Hazzurim means field of daggers or field of hostilities.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

16And each one of them seized his 2:16 Lit fellowopponent by the head and thrust his sword in his 2:16 Lit fellow’sopponent’s side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called 2:16 I.e., the field of sword-edgesHelkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

16Each one of them seized his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent’s side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called I.e. the field of sword-edgesHelkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

16Each one of them seized his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponents side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim [that is, the Field of Sides], which is in Gibeon.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

16Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side, and they all fell together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is called Helkath-hazzurim.2:16 Helkath-hazzurim means the Field of Swords.

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

16Each man grabbed one of his enemies by the head. Each one stuck his dagger into the other man’s side. And all of them fell down together and died. So that place in Gibeon was named Helkath Hazzurim.

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