1 Samuel 14:50

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“His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.”

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BSBPD

“His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the captain of his host was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the name of the wife of Saul <FI>is<Fi> Ahinoam, daughter of Ahimaaz; and the name of the head of his host <FI>is<Fi> Abner son of Ner, uncle of Saul;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Samuel 14:50 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 10:14Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” “To look for the donkeys,” Saul replied. “When we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”
  2. 1 Samuel 17:55As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
  3. 1 Samuel 26:5Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.
  4. 2 Samuel 2:8Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,
  5. 2 Samuel 3:6During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had continued to strengthen his position in the house of Saul.
  6. 2 Samuel 3:27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
  7. 2 Samuel 3:38Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?
  8. 1 Chronicles 27:21over the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead was Iddo son of Zechariah; over Benjamin was Jaasiel son of Abner;

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