Place Old Testament
Bithron
Also known as Bithron =KJV; morning =ESV, NIV
Bithron, a ravine or region traversed by Abner and his men after a battle with Joab's forces. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 2 Samuel 2:29.
Why it matters. A ravine or region crossed by Abner's men
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Bithron
Bithron is mentioned in 2Sa.2.29 as a ravine or region crossed by Abner and his men after a battle with Joab's forces. Following the death of Asahel, Joab's brother, at the hands of Abner, the two armies disengaged, and Abner's men retreated. They traveled through the Bithron ravine all night before arriving at Mahanaim. The exact location of Bithron is not specified in the biblical text, but it appears to be a geographic feature that provided a route of escape for Abner's army.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
2 Samuel (1 verse)