2 Samuel 3:11

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Ishbosheth was unable to answer Abner a word, because he was afraid of him.

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  • 2 Sam 3:12-13
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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.'

    13'Good,' said David, 'I will make an agreement with you. But I demand one thing: Do not see my face unless you bring Michal, daughter of Saul, when you come to see me.'

  • 2 Sam 3:8-10
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    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.

  • 1 Sam 18:15
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    15When Saul saw how successful David was, he became afraid of him.

  • 1 Sam 26:14-15
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    14Then 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?"

    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.

  • 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 Sam 18:12
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    12Saul was afraid of David because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.

  • 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.'

  • 2 Sam 3:17
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    17Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, 'For some time you have wanted to make David your king.

  • 2 Sam 3:19-26
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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!'

    25'You know Abner son of Ner! He came to deceive you and to learn about your comings and goings and everything you are doing.'

    26Joab then left David and sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the cistern at Sirah. But David knew nothing about it.

  • 2 Sam 2:21-22
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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.

    22Again Abner said to Asahel, 'Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you down? How could I then show my face to your brother Joab?'

  • 1 Sam 17:11
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    11When Saul and all Israel heard the words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

  • 2 Sam 3:28
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    28Later, when David heard about this, he declared, 'I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the LORD regarding the blood of Abner son of Ner.

  • 2 Sam 3:6
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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.

  • 1 Chr 21:30
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    30But David could not go before it to seek God because he was terrified of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

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

  • 2 Sam 3:30-31
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    30(Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

    31Then David said to Joab and all the people with him, 'Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.' And King David himself walked behind the bier.

  • 2 Sam 1:14
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    14David asked him, 'How is it that you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?'

  • 2 Sam 6:9
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    9David was afraid of the LORD that day and said, 'How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?'

  • 2 Sam 3:33-34
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    33The king sang a lament for Abner, saying: 'Should Abner die as a fool dies?

    34Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. You fell as one falls before the wicked.' And all the people wept over him.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
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    10The priest replied, 'The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want it, take it. There is no other here.' David said, 'There is none like it; give it to me.'

  • 1 Sam 21:1
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    1David got up and left, while Jonathan returned to the city.

  • Matt 22:46
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    46No one could answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.

  • Isa 36:21
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    21But the people remained silent and did not answer him a word, because the king had commanded, 'Do not answer him.'

  • 1 Sam 21:12
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    12The servants of Achish said to him, 'Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Isn’t he the one they sing about in their dances, saying, "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands"?'

  • 1 Sam 23:3
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    3But David's men said to him, "We are afraid here in Judah. How much more if we go to Keilah to face the battle lines of the Philistines!"

  • 2 Kgs 18:36
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    36But the people remained silent and did not answer him a word, because the king had commanded, ‘Do not answer him.’

  • 1 Chr 13:12
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    12David feared God that day and said, "How can I bring the ark of God to me?"

  • 1 Sam 28:5
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    5When Saul saw the Philistine camp, he was terrified, and his heart trembled greatly.

  • 1 Sam 23:17
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    17He said to him, 'Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father will not find you; you will be king over Israel, and I will be second to you. Even Saul my father knows this.'

  • 1 Sam 18:29
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    29Saul grew even more afraid of David. He continually regarded him as an enemy for the rest of his days.

  • Gen 20:11
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    11Abraham replied, 'I thought, Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'

  • 1 Sam 17:30
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    30Then he turned away to another man and asked the same question, and the people answered him as before.

  • 2 Sam 2:8
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    8Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth son of Saul and brought him to Mahanaim.

  • 1 Sam 22:14
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    14Ahimelech answered the king, 'Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king's son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard, and highly respected in your house?'