2 Samuel 3:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now while there was war between Saul's people and David's people, Abner was making himself strong among the supporters of Saul.

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  • 2 Sam 2:8-9 : 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 Kgs 10:23 : 23 And Jehu, with Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, went into the house of Baal; and he said to the servants of Baal, Make a search with care, to see that no servant of the Lord is with you, but only servants of Baal.
  • 2 Chr 25:8 : 8 But go yourself, and be strong in war; God will not let you go down before those who are fighting against you; for God has power to give help or to send you down before your attackers.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
  • Isa 8:9-9 : 9 Have knowledge, O peoples, and be in fear; give ear, all you far-off parts of the earth: 10 Let your designs be formed, and they will come to nothing; give your orders, and they will not be effected: for God is with us.
  • Joel 3:9-9 : 9 And further, what are you to me, O Tyre and Zidon and all the circle of Philistia? will you give me back any payment? and if you do, quickly and suddenly I will send it back on your head, 10 For you have taken my silver and my gold, putting in the houses of your gods my beautiful and pleasing things. 11 And the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem you have given for a price to the sons of the Greeks, to send them far away from their land: 12 See, I will have them moved from the place where you have sent them, and will let what you have done come back on your head; 13 I will give your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah for a price, and they will give them for a price to the men of Sheba, a nation far off: for the Lord has said it.
  • Matt 12:30 : 30 Whoever is not with me is against me; and he who does not take part with me in getting people together, is driving them away.

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  • 2 Sam 3:7-13
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    7 Now Saul had among his wives a woman named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Why have you taken my father's wife?

    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 3:1-2
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    1 Now there was a long war between Saul's people and David's people; and David became stronger and stronger, but those on Saul's side became more and more feeble.

    2 While David was in Hebron he became the father of sons: the oldest was Amnon, son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;

  • 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 3:30-31
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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.

  • 2 Sam 3:16-26
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    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.

    21 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.

    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 2:11-12
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    11 And the time when David was king in Hebron over the people of Judah was seven years and six months.

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

  • 2 Sam 2:17
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    17 And there was hard fighting that day; and Abner and the men of Israel gave way before the servants of David.

  • 2 Sam 4:1
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    1 And when Saul's son Ish-bosheth had news that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

  • 1 Sam 14:50-52
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    50 The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz; the captain of his army was Abner, the son of Ner, brother of Saul's father.

    51 Kish, the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abner, were sons of Abiel.

    52 All through the life of Saul there was bitter war against the Philistines; and whenever Saul saw any strong man or any good fighting man, he kept him near himself.

  • 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 3:37-38
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    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.

    38 And the king said to his servants, Do you not see that a chief and a great man has come to his end today in Israel?

  • 1 Sam 26:7
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    7 So David and Abishai came down to the army by night: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts with his spear planted in the earth by his head: and Abner and the people were sleeping round him.

  • 1 Sam 27:3
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    3 And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.

  • 2 Sam 3:28
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    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 17:24-25
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    24 And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, went over Jordan.

    25 And Absalom put Amasa at the head of the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had been the lover of Abigail, the daughter of Jesse, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

  • 1 Sam 26:5
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    5 And David got up and came to the place where Saul's tents were: and David had a view of the place where Saul was sleeping with Abner, the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts, and the tents of the people were all round him.

  • 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 2:24-25
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    24 But Joab and Abishai went after Abner: and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is to the east of the road through the waste land of Geba.

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

  • 1 Chr 2:16
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    16 And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai and Joab and Asahel.

  • 2 Sam 2:31
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    31 But David's men had put to death three hundred and sixty of the men of Benjamin and of Abner's men

  • 2 Sam 2:15
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    15 So they got up and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth and twelve of the servants of David.

  • 1 Sam 17:55
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    55 And when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, On your life, O king, I have no idea.

  • 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.

  • 2 Sam 1:1
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    1 Now after the death of Saul, when David, having come back from the destruction of the Amalekites, had been in Ziklag for two days;

  • 1 Chr 11:20
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    20 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty, for he put to death three hundred with his spear, but he had not a name among the three.