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13 So Joab son of Zeruiah and David’s soldiers marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon.(A) The two groups took up positions on opposite sides of the pool.

14 Then Abner said to Joab, ‘Let’s have the young men get up and compete in front of us.’

‘Let them get up,’ Joab replied.

15 So they got up and were counted – twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from David’s soldiers.

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