Study it in the app“Joab and Abishai pursued Abner; and the sun was going down when they came as far as the hill of Ammah, which is opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.”
Joabיוֹאָבand Abishaiוַאֲבִישַׁיpursuedוַיִּרְדְּפוּ אַחֲרֵיAbner;אַבְנֵרand the sunוְהַשֶּׁמֶשׁwas going downבָּאָהwhen theyוְהֵמָּהcameבָּאוּas far asעַדthe hillגִּבְעַתof Ammah,אַמָּהwhichאֲשֶׁרisoppositeעַל פְּנֵיGiahגִיחַon the wayדֶּרֶךְto the wildernessמִדְבַּרof Gibeon.גִּבְעוֹן
Joab
Joab: the name of several men; the best known is the son of Zeruiah and nephew of David, commander of his army (2 Samuel 2:13). It means "YHWH is father."
Where else “yoav” appearsAbishai
Abishai, son of Zeruiah (David's sister) and brother of Joab; one of David's closest warriors (1 Samuel 26:6). It means "my father is a gift".
Where else “avishay” appearspursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “yirdfu” appearsAbner
Abner, son of Ner, relative of King Saul and commander of his army. In 1 Samuel 14:50 the Hebrew writes the long form, "Abiner." The name means "my father is a lamp."
Where else “avner” appearssun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appearsset
For the sun to set.
Where else “baa” appearshill
Hill.
Where else “givat” appearsAmmah
Ammah: a hill near Gibeon, as far as which Joab pursued Abner (2 Samuel 2:24).
Where else “ama” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsGiah
Giah: a place near Gibeon. It appears only in 2 Samuel 2:24.
Where else “giach” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsGibeon
See it on the mapWhere else “givon” appearsGibeon
Today: al-Jib (Gibeon), West Bank
A city about 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Jerusalem.
Its people tricked Joshua into making peace with Israel (Josh 9:3-15). When Joshua defended them, the sun stood still (Josh 10:12). Solomon offered sacrifices there (1 Kgs 3:4).
23But he refused to turn away; so Abner struck him with the butt of the spear in the belly, and the spear came out behind him; and he fell there and died in his place. And it happened that all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died stood still.
24 · This verse (above)
25The sons of Benjamin gathered behind Abner and became one band, and they stood on the top of a hill.
