John Gill's Exposition on 2 Samuel 2:24

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner, etc.] Or rather but Joab, etc. f37. They stood not still as the rest, but, filled with indignation and resentment, pursued after Abner, to be avenged on him: and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah; a hill by the side of which was a pool of water, as Kimchi thinks, and from thence so called: that [lieth] before Giah; a place near Gibeon, but nowhere after mentioned: by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon; very likely not far from the city from which it had its name.

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