2 Samuel 2:8

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Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth son of Saul and brought him to Mahanaim.

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  • 1 Sam 14:50 : 50 The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The commander of his army was Abner son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
  • Gen 32:2 : 2 Jacob went on his way, and angels of God met him.
  • 1 Sam 17:55 : 55 When Saul saw David going out to confront the Philistine, he asked Abner, the commander of his army, 'Abner, whose son is this young man?' Abner replied, 'As surely as you live, O king, I do not know.'
  • 1 Sam 26:14 : 14 Then David called out to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, saying, "Won't you answer, Abner?" Abner replied, "Who are you calling to the king?"
  • 2 Sam 3:7-8 : 7 Now Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, daughter of Aiah. Ishbosheth said to Abner, 'Why have you slept with my father's concubine?' 8 Abner became very angry over Ishbosheth's words and said, 'Am I a dog's head at Judah's disposal? Today I am loyal to the house of Saul your father, to his relatives and friends, and I have not delivered you into David's hand. Yet now you accuse me of sinning with this woman!'
  • 2 Sam 4:5-6 : 5 The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, traveled during the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who was lying on his bed during his midday rest. 6 They entered the house under the pretense of fetching wheat and struck him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah escaped.
  • 2 Sam 17:26-27 : 26 Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead. 27 When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim brought supplies to him.
  • 1 Chr 8:33 : 33 Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
  • 1 Chr 9:39 : 39 Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

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  • 2 Sam 2:12
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    12Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  • 2 Sam 2:9-10
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    9There he made him king over Gilead, the Ashurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel.

    10Ish-bosheth, son of Saul, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he reigned for two years. However, the house of Judah was loyal to David.

  • 2 Sam 4:7-8
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    7After entering the house while Ishbosheth was lying on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, killed him, and cut off his head. Taking his head with them, they traveled along the road through the Arabah all night.

    8They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, "Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has given my lord the king revenge against Saul and his descendants."

  • 2 Sam 3:6-10
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    6During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was gaining strength in Saul's house.

    7Now Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, daughter of Aiah. Ishbosheth said to Abner, 'Why have you slept with my father's concubine?'

    8Abner became very angry over Ishbosheth's words and said, 'Am I a dog's head at Judah's disposal? Today I am loyal to the house of Saul your father, to his relatives and friends, and I have not delivered you into David's hand. Yet now you accuse me of sinning with this woman!'

    9May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not carry out what the Lord swore to David.

    10I will transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and establish David's throne over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.

  • 2 Sam 2:7
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    7'So now, be strong and valiant, for your lord Saul is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me as king over them.'

  • 2 Sam 4:1-2
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    1When Saul's son heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his courage failed, and all of Israel was shaken.

    2Now Saul's son had two leaders of his raiding bands. The name of one was Baanah, and the name of the other was Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite from the tribe of Benjamin, for Beeroth was also considered part of Benjamin.

  • 2 Sam 2:15
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    15So they stood up and were counted—twelve from Benjamin and from the followers of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David.

  • 2 Sam 2:29
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    29Abner and his men marched through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan, traveled through the Bithron, and arrived at Mahanaim.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    57As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the Philistine's head still in his hand.

  • 2 Sam 3:12
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    12Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to David, saying, 'Whose land is it? Make an agreement with me, and I will help bring all Israel to you.'

  • 2 Sam 3:30
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    30(Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

  • 1 Sam 14:50-51
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    50The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The commander of his army was Abner son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.

    51Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abner, was the son of Abiel.

  • 2 Sam 4:12
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    12So David commanded his young men, and they killed them. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in Abner's tomb in Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 2:17
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    17The battle that day was fierce, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.

  • 2 Sam 3:19-24
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    19Abner also spoke to the people of Benjamin and then went to Hebron to tell David everything that seemed good to Israel and the whole house of Benjamin.

    20When Abner came to David at Hebron with twenty men, David prepared a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

    21Then Abner said to David, 'Let me go at once and gather all Israel to my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, and you may rule over all that your heart desires.' So David sent Abner away in peace.

    22Just then, David’s men and Joab returned from a raid, bringing a large amount of plunder, but Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for David had sent him away in peace.

    23When Joab and all the soldiers who were with him arrived, they were told, 'Abner son of Ner came to the king, and the king sent him away in peace.'

    24So Joab went to the king and said, 'What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you let him go? Now he is gone!'

  • 1 Sam 26:5
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    5Then David got up and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the commander of his army, were lying down. Saul was lying inside the camp with the troops encamped around him.

  • 2 Sam 3:15-17
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    15So Ishbosheth sent for her and took her away from her husband, Paltiel son of Laish.

    16But her husband followed her, weeping as he went, all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, 'Go back home.' So he returned.

    17Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, 'For some time you have wanted to make David your king.

  • 2 Sam 21:8
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    8The king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Rizpah daughter of Aiah, whom she had borne to Saul, together with the five sons of Michal daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

  • 2 Sam 2:4
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    4Then the men of Judah came and anointed David there as king over the house of Judah. They also informed David, 'It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.'

  • 2 Sam 2:24-25
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    24But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. As the sun was setting, they came to the hill of Ammah, near Giah, on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

    25The men of Benjamin rallied to Abner, formed a single group, and took their stand on the top of a hill.

  • 2 Sam 17:24-25
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    24David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

    25Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, an Israelite who had gone in to Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.

  • 1 Sam 17:55
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    55When Saul saw David going out to confront the Philistine, he asked Abner, the commander of his army, 'Abner, whose son is this young man?' Abner replied, 'As surely as you live, O king, I do not know.'

  • 1 Sam 26:7-8
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    7So David and Abishai came to the troops by night, and there was Saul lying asleep in the camp with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the troops were lying all around him.

    8Abishai said to David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won't need to strike him twice."

  • 1 Chr 8:33
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    33Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

  • 2 Sam 5:2
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    2"In the past, even when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.’”

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    12he went and retrieved the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. (They had stolen their bodies from the public square of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.)

  • 2 Sam 3:37-38
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    37So on that day all the people and all Israel knew that the king had no part in the killing of Abner son of Ner.

    38Then the king said to his men, 'Do you not realize that a commander and a great man has fallen in Israel this day?'

  • 1 Kgs 2:32
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    32The LORD will bring back his blood on his own head, because he struck down two men more righteous and better than himself—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel's army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah's army—killing them with the sword without my father David knowing it.

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    21Abner said to him, 'Turn aside to your right or to your left; seize one of the young men and take his armor.' But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

  • 1 Chr 9:39
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    39Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

  • 1 Sam 26:15
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    15David said to Abner, "Aren't you a man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not guarded your lord the king? Someone came to destroy your lord the king.