Play - (Compare Judges 16:25; 1 Samuel 18:7). Here, the word is applied to the serious game of war, to be played by twelve combatants on each side, with the two armies for spectators.
Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 2:14
2 Samuel 2:14
14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.