2 Samuel 3:17
Abner advised the elders of Israel,“Previously you were wanting David to be your king.
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- 2 Sam 3:18-269 verses81%
18Act now! For the LORD has said to David,‘By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the Philistines and from all their enemies.’”
19Then Abner spoke privately with the Benjaminites. Abner also went to Hebron to inform David privately of all that Israel and the entire house of Benjamin had agreed to.
20When Abner, accompanied by twenty men, came to David in Hebron, David prepared a banquet for Abner and the men who were with him.
21Abner said to David,“Let me leave so that I may go and gather all Israel to my lord the king so that they may make an agreement with you. Then you will rule over all that you desire.” So David sent Abner away, and he left in peace.
22Abner Is Killed Now David’s soldiers and Joab were coming back from a raid, bringing a great deal of plunder with them. Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for David had sent him away and he had left in peace.
23When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, Joab was told:“Abner the son of Ner came to the king; he sent him away, and he left in peace!”
24So Joab went to the king and said,“What have you done? Abner has come to you! Why would you send him away? Now he’s gone on his way!
25You know Abner the son of Ner! Surely he came here to spy on you and to determine when you leave and when you return and to discover everything that you are doing!”
26Then Joab left David and sent messengers after Abner. They brought him back from the well of Sirah.(But David was not aware of it.)
- 2 Sam 3:8-136 verses80%
8These words of Ish-bosheth really angered Abner and he said,“Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah? This very day I am demonstrating loyalty to the house of Saul your father and to his relatives and his friends! I have not betrayed you into the hand of David. Yet you have accused me of sinning with this woman today!
9God will severely judge Abner if I do not do for David exactly what the LORD has promised him,
10namely, to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah all the way from Dan to Beer Sheba!”
11Ish-bosheth was unable to answer Abner with even a single word because he was afraid of him.
12Then Abner sent messengers to David saying,“To whom does the land belong? Make an agreement with me, and I will do whatever I can to cause all Israel to turn to you.”
13So David said,“Good! I will make an agreement with you. I ask only one thing from you. You will not see my face unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to visit me.”
- 1 Chr 11:1-33 verses77%
1David Becomes King All Israel joined David at Hebron and said,“Look, we are your very flesh and blood!
2In the past, even when Saul was king, you were Israel’s commanding general. The LORD your God said to you,‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over my people Israel.’”
3When all the leaders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD. They anointed David king over Israel, in keeping with the LORD’s message that came through Samuel.
- 2 Sam 5:2-32 verses77%
2In the past, when Saul was our king, you were the real leader in Israel. The LORD said to you,‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over Israel.’”
3When all the leaders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the LORD. They designated David as king over Israel.
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6Abner Defects to David’s Camp As the war continued between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was becoming more influential in the house of Saul.
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57So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand.
- 2 Sam 3:37-382 verses75%
37All the people and all Israel realized on that day that the killing of Abner son of Ner was not done at the king’s instigation.
38Then the king said to his servants,“Do you not realize that a great leader has fallen this day in Israel?
- 1 Sam 26:14-152 verses74%
14David called to the army and to Abner son of Ner,“Won’t you answer, Abner?” Abner replied,“Who are you, that you have called to the king?”
15David said to Abner,“Aren’t you a man? After all, who is like you in Israel? Why then haven’t you protected your lord the king? One of the soldiers came to kill your lord the king.
- 2 Sam 19:10-112 verses74%
10But Absalom, whom we anointed as our king, has died in battle. So now why do you hesitate to bring the king back?”
11Then King David sent a message to Zadok and Abiathar the priests saying,“Tell the elders of Judah,‘Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back to his palace, when everything Israel is saying has come to the king’s attention.
- 2 Sam 3:30-334 verses74%
30So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel in Gibeon during the battle.
31David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him,“Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!” Now King David followed behind the funeral pallet.
32So they buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly over Abner’s grave and all the people wept too.
33The king chanted the following lament for Abner:“Should Abner have died like a fool?
- 2 Sam 2:8-92 verses72%
8David’s Army Clashes with the Army of Saul Now Abner son of Ner, the general in command of Saul’s army, had taken Saul’s son Ish-bosheth and had brought him to Mahanaim.
9He appointed him king over Gilead, the Geshurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel.
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13David Flees from Jerusalem Then a messenger came to David and reported,“The men of Israel are loyal to Absalom!”
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31When David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, he called for him.
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28When David later heard about this, he said,“I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the LORD of the shed blood of Abner son of Ner!
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20Now, my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne.
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4This seemed like a good idea to Absalom and to all the leaders of Israel.
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22Then Saul instructed his servants,“Tell David secretly,‘The king is pleased with you, and all his servants like you. So now become the king’s son-in-law.”
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12Then Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
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16Her husband went along behind her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Finally Abner said to him,“Go back!” So he returned home.
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7“So now, say this to my servant David:‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:“I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you a leader of my people Israel.
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24When Saul’s servants reported what David had said,
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17Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David’s soldiers.
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32Then David said to Abigail,“Praised be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me!
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4The men of Judah came and there they anointed David as king over the people of Judah.David was told,“The people of Jabesh Gilead are the ones who buried Saul.”
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13Now look! Here is the king you have chosen– the one that you asked for! Look, the LORD has given you a king!
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32King David said,“Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,
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24Meanwhile David had gone to Mahanaim, while Absalom and all the men of Israel had crossed the Jordan River.