2 Samuel 14:6 “And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with…”

2 Samuel 14:6

And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

World English Bible

Your servant had two sons; and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other and killed him.

American Standard Version

And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.

Geneva Bible 1599

And thine handmayd had two sonnes, and they two stroue together in the fielde: (and there was none to part them) so the one smote the other, and slew him.

Darby Translation

And thy bondmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other and slew him.

Young's Literal Translation

and thy maid-servant hath two sons; and they strive both of them in a field, and there is no deliverer between them, and the one smiteth the other, and putteth him to death;

Bible in Basic English

And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.

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Cross references

“and they two”

Genesis 4:8 Exodus 2:13 Deuteronomy 22:26 Deuteronomy 22:27

Genesis 4:8 · BSB

Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

Exodus 2:13 · BSB

The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”

Deuteronomy 22:26 · BSB

Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.

Deuteronomy 22:27 · BSB

When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5“What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.

7Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”

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