14. Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men come up and fight in our presence.” And Joab said, “Let them come up.”
15. So they came forward and passed by in number: twelve for Benjamin and for Ish-Bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David.
16. Then each seized his opponent by the head and each thrust his sword in the side of his opponent, so they fell together. So they called the name of that place Helkath Hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
17. Then the battle became increasingly fierce on that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated before the servants of David.