¹⁶Then each seized his opponent^g by the head and each thrust his sword in the side of his opponent, so they fell together. So they^h called the name of that place Helkath Hazzurim,ⁱ which is in Gibeon.

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gLiterally “neighbor”
hHebrew “he”
iHelkath Hazzurim possibly means “the slippery slope”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And each caught his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent’s side, so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is at Gibeon.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his dagger into his opponent’s side, and they fell down together. So that place in Gibeon was called Helkath Hazzurim.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side so that they all died together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is named Field of Blades.

NLTNew Living Translation

Each one grabbed his opponent by the hair and thrust his sword into the other’s side so that all of them died. So this place at Gibeon has been known ever since as the Field of Swords.

KJV 1900King James Version

And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

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