^2:29Abner and his men went through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan River³¹ and went through the whole region of Bitron³² and came to Mahanaim.

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Footnotes

31 The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.
32 Heb “and they went, all the Bitron.” The meaning of the Hebrew word “Bitron,” which is used only here in the OT, is disputed. The translation above follows 144 בִּתְרוֹן in taking the word to be a proper name of an area east of the Jordan. A different understanding was advocated by W. R. Arnold, who took the word to refer to the forenoon or morning; a number of modern scholars and translations have adopted this view (cf. , , , , ). See W. R. Arnold, “The Meaning of בתרון,” 28 (1911–1912): 274–83. In this case one could translate “and they traveled all morning long.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, and marching the whole morning, they came to Mahanaim.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

All that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, continued through the morning hours and came to Mahanaim.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So Abner and his men marched through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.

NLTNew Living Translation

All that night Abner and his men retreated through the Jordan Valley. They crossed the Jordan River, traveling all through the morning, and didn’t stop until they arrived at Mahanaim.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then Abner and his men went through the Arabah all that night, and they crossed over the Jordan. They went all the forenoon and came to Mahanaim.

KJV 1900King James Version

And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.

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