King James Version

2 Samuel 2:31

But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.

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וְעַבְדֵ֣יveavdeand servantעֶבֶדconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.דָוִ֗דdavidDavidדָּוִדnoun, proper name — “David”H1732David, the youngest son of JesseDavid.הִכּוּ֙hikvstrikeנָכָהverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “strike”, a completed actionH5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ןmibinyaminfrom Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Benjamin”H1144Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryBenjamin.וּבְאַנְשֵׁ֖יuveansheand in a certainאִישׁconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and in a certain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…אַבְנֵ֑רavnerAbnerאַבְנֵרnoun, proper name — “Abner”H74Abner, an IsraeliteAbner.שְׁלֹשׁsheloshthirdשָׁלוֹשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “third”, the ordinary formH7969three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice[phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).מֵא֧וֹתmeothundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.וְשִׁשִּׁ֛יםveshishimand sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and sixty”, the ordinary formH8346sixtysixty, three score.אִ֖ישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…מֵֽתוּmetvdieמוּתverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “die”, a completed actionH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, even of Abner's men — three hundred and threescore men died.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the servants of David have smitten of Benjamin, even among the men of Abner, three hundred and sixty men — they died.

World English Bible

But David’s servants had struck Benjamin and Abner’s men so that three hundred sixty men died.

Darby Translation

And the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, three hundred and sixty men, who had died.

Douay-Rheims

But the servants of David had killed of Benjamin, and of the men that were with Abner, three hundred and sixty, who all died.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, even of Abner's men — three hundred and threescore men died.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the servants of David smote of the children of Benjamin, of the men of Abenner, three hundred and sixty men belonging to him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ Ἀσαήλ. Καὶ οἱ παῖδες Δαυὶδ ἐπάταξαν τῶν υἱῶν Βενιαμὶν τῶν ἀνδρῶν Ἀβεννὴρ τριακοσίους ἑξήκοντα ἄνδρας παρʼ αὐτοῦ.