Consider the meeting between Saul’s men and those of David at Gibeon, when Abner and Joab agreed to “let the young men come forward and sport before [them]. ”
प्रतियोगिता चाहे जो भी थी, यह जल्द ही एक भीषण और रक्‍तरंजित युद्ध बन गया ।