2 Samuel 3:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Abner said to David, Now I will go, and make all Israel come to my lord the king, so that they may make an agreement with you, and your kingdom may be as wide as your heart's desire. Then David sent Abner away and he went in peace.

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  • 2 Sam 3:12 : 12 And Abner sent men to David at Hebron, saying, Make an agreement with me, and I will give you my support in getting all Israel on your side.
  • 1 Kgs 11:37 : 37 And you I will take, and you will be king over Israel, ruling over whatever is the desire of your soul.
  • 2 Sam 3:10 : 10 And if I do not take away the kingdom from the family of Saul and make David ruler over Israel and Judah from Dan as far as Beer-sheba!
  • 2 Sam 2:9 : 9 And made him king over Gilead and the Asherites and over Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin, that is, over all Israel.
  • Ps 20:4 : 4 May he give you your heart's desire, and put all your purposes into effect.
  • Phil 2:21 : 21 For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ.

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  • 2 Sam 3:8-13
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    85%

    8 And Abner was very angry at the words of Ish-bosheth, and he said, Am I a dog's head of Judah? I am this day doing all in my power for the cause of your father Saul and for his brothers and his friends, and have not given you up into the hands of David, and now you say I have done wrong with a woman.

    9 May God's punishment be on Abner, if I do not for David as the Lord in his oath has said,

    10 And if I do not take away the kingdom from the family of Saul and make David ruler over Israel and Judah from Dan as far as Beer-sheba!

    11 And so great was Ish-bosheth's fear of Abner that he was not able to say a word in answer.

    12 And Abner sent men to David at Hebron, saying, Make an agreement with me, and I will give you my support in getting all Israel on your side.

    13 And he said, It is well; I will make an agreement with you, but on one condition, which is, that when you come before me, Saul's daughter Michal is to come with you; till she comes you will not see my face.

  • 2 Sam 3:22-26
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    22 Now the servants of David and Joab had been out attacking a band of armed men, and they came back with a great store of goods taken in the fight: but Abner was no longer in Hebron with David, for he had sent him away and he had gone in peace.

    23 When Joab and his men came, news was given them that Abner, the son of Ner, had come to the king, who had let him go away again in peace.

    24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? when Abner came to you why did you send him away and let him go?

    25 Is it not clear to you that Abner, the son of Ner, came with deceit to get knowledge of your going out and your coming in and of all you are doing?

    26 And when Joab had come out from David, he sent men after Abner, and they overtook him at the water-spring of Sirah, and made him come back with them: but David had no knowledge of it.

  • 2 Sam 3:16-20
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    81%

    16 And her husband went with her as far as Bahurim, weeping while he went. Then Abner said to him, Go back. And he went back.

    17 Then Abner had a talk with the chief men of Israel, saying, In the past it was your desire to make David your king: so now, do it:

    18 For the Lord has said of David, By the hand of my servant David I will make my people Israel safe from the Philistines, and from all who are against them.

    19 And Abner said the same things to Benjamin: and he went to David in Hebron to make clear to him what seemed good to Israel and to all the people of Benjamin.

    20 So Abner, with twenty men, came to Hebron, to David. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

  • 2 Sam 15:9
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    9 And the king said to him, Go in peace. So he got up and went to Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 3:6
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    6 Now while there was war between Saul's people and David's people, Abner was making himself strong among the supporters of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 3:28
    74%

    28 And when David had word of it he said, May I and my kingdom be clear for ever in the eyes of the Lord from the blood of Abner, the son of Ner:

  • 2 Sam 2:29
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    29 And all that night Abner and his men went through the Arabah; they went over Jordan and through all Bithron and came to Mahanaim.

  • 2 Sam 3:36-37
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    36 And all the people took note of it and were pleased: like everything the king did, it was pleasing to the people.

    37 So it was clear to Israel and to all the people on that day that the king was not responsible for the death of Abner, the son of Ner.

  • 2 Sam 2:12
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    12 And Abner, the son of Ner, with the servants of Saul's son Ish-bosheth, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  • 2 Sam 3:30-32
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    30 So Joab and Abishai his brother put Abner to death, because he had put to death their brother Asahel in the fight at Gibeon.

    31 And David said to Joab and all the people who were with him, Go in grief and put haircloth about you, in sorrow for Abner. And King David went after the dead body.

    32 And they put Abner's body to rest in Hebron; and the king and all the people were weeping loudly by the resting-place of Abner's body.

  • 2 Sam 5:3
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    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.

  • 2 Sam 2:8-9
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    8 Now Abner, the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, had taken Saul's son Ish-bosheth over to Mahanaim,

    9 And made him king over Gilead and the Asherites and over Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin, that is, over all Israel.

  • 2 Sam 17:3
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    3 And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.

  • 1 Chr 11:1
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    1 Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.

  • 1 Sam 26:15
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    15 And David said to Abner, Are you not a man of war? is there any other like you in Israel? why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? for one of the people came in to put the king your lord to death.

  • 1 Chr 11:3
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    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel, as the Lord had said by Samuel.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    57 And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 2 Sam 2:25
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    25 And the men of Benjamin came together after Abner in one band, and took their places on the top of a hill.

  • 1 Sam 25:40
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    40 And when David's servants came to Carmel, to Abigail, they said to her, David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.

  • 2 Sam 15:13
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    13 And one came to David and said, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.

  • 1 Sam 25:35
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    35 Then David took from her hands her offering: and he said to her, Go back to your house in peace; see, I have given ear to your voice, and taken your offering with respect.

  • 1 Kgs 11:37
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    37 And you I will take, and you will be king over Israel, ruling over whatever is the desire of your soul.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
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    24 And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, went over Jordan.

  • 2 Sam 2:14
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    14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men give a test of their strength before us. And Joab said, Let them do so.

  • 1 Sam 25:30
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    30 And when the Lord has done for my lord all those good things which he has said he will do for you, and has made you a ruler over Israel;

  • 2 Sam 14:21
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    21 And the king said to Joab, See now, I will do this thing: go then and Come back with the young man Absalom.

  • 1 Sam 25:32
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    32 And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today:

  • 1 Chr 21:4
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    4 But the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 14:23
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    23 So Joab got up and went to Geshur and came back again to Jerusalem with Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 19:7
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    7 So get up now, and go out and say some kind words to your servants; for, by the Lord, I give you my oath, that if you do not go out, not one of them will keep with you tonight; and that will be worse for you than all the evil which has overtaken you from your earliest years.

  • 1 Sam 26:6
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    6 Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, Who will go down with me to the tents of Saul? And Abishai said, I will go down with you.

  • 2 Sam 2:21
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    21 And Abner said, Then go to the right or to the left and put your hands on one of the fighting-men and take his arms. But Asahel would not be turned away from going after Abner.

  • 2 Sam 20:6
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    6 And David said to Abishai, Sheba, the son of Bichri, will do us more damage than Absalom did; so take some of your lord's servants and go after him, before he makes himself safe in the walled towns, and gets away before our eyes.