InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse 2 Sam C1 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24
2 Sam 2 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Abner · Benjamin (patriarch)
OET-LV And_ the_descendants_of Binyāmīn _they_gathered_together behind ʼAⱱnēr and_they_were (into)_a_band one and_they_stood on the_top_of a_hill one.
OET (OET-RV) and the Benyamites lined up behind Avner as an coordinated unit there on top of the hill.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בְנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִן֙
sons_of Binyāmīn
See how you translated the similar expression in 1:18. Alternate translation: [the soldiers from the tribe of Benjamin]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
אַחֲרֵ֣י אַבְנֵ֔ר
after ʼAⱱnēr
The author is speaking as if these soldiers had positioned themselves physically behind Abner. He means that they were following Abner as their leader. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [with Abner leading them] or [under the command of Abner]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
עַ֥ל רֹאשׁ־גִּבְעָ֖ה אֶחָֽת
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in head (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_gathered_together sons_of Binyāmīn after ʼAⱱnēr and=they_were (into)_a,band one and,they_stood on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in head hill one )
The author is speaking of this hill as if it were a living thing that could have had a head. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. You could also use plain language, as the UST does. Alternate translation: [on the crown of a hill]
OET-LV And_ the_descendants_of Binyāmīn _they_gathered_together behind ʼAⱱnēr and_they_were (into)_a_band one and_they_stood on the_top_of a_hill one.
OET (OET-RV) and the Benyamites lined up behind Avner as an coordinated unit there on top of the hill.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.