⁹ Behold he^◦ is now hidden·​·away in one of the chasms or in one of the places; and it will be, when^◦ some among^◦ them fall, in the beginning, when^◦ the one hearing hears, that he will say, There is a striking among^◦ the people who follow after Absalom.

⁸ And Abner, the son of Ner, the commander^◦ of the army for Saul, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and had him cross·​·over to Mahanaim,