2 Samuel 3:38
Then the king said to his servants,“Do you not realize that a great leader has fallen this day in Israel?
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- 1 Sam 14:50-51 : 50 The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the general in command of his army was Abner son of Ner, Saul’s uncle. 51 Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
- 2 Sam 2:8 : 8 David’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.
- 2 Sam 3:12 : 12 Then 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.”
- Job 32:9 : 9 It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.
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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.
- 2 Sam 3:30-345 verses78%
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?
34Your hands were not bound, and your feet were not put into irons. You fell the way one falls before criminals.”All the people wept over him again.
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39Today I am weak, even though I am anointed as king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too much for me to bear! May the LORD punish appropriately the one who has done this evil thing!”
- 1 Sam 26:14-163 verses76%
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.
16This failure on your part isn’t good! As surely as the LORD lives, you people who have not protected your lord, the LORD’s chosen one, are as good as dead! Now look where the king’s spear and the jug of water that was by his head are!”
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22But David said,“What do we have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? You are like my enemy today! Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don’t I know that today I am king over Israel?”
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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!
- 2 Sam 3:22-265 verses75%
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.)
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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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1Ish-bosheth is killed When Ish-bosheth the son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he was very disheartened, and all Israel was afraid.
- 2 Sam 1:4-52 verses73%
4David inquired,“How were things going? Tell me!” He replied,“The people fled from the battle and many of them fell dead. Even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead!”
5David said to the young man who was telling him this,“How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
- 2 Sam 3:17-182 verses73%
17Abner advised the elders of Israel,“Previously you were wanting David to be your king.
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.’”
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25How the warriors have fallen in the midst of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your high places!
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32May the LORD punish him for the blood he shed; behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he– Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
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27How the warriors have fallen! The weapons of war are destroyed!
- 2 Sam 3:8-103 verses72%
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!”
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7The army of Israel was defeated there by David’s men. The slaughter there was great that day– 20,000 soldiers were killed.
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19The beauty of Israel lies slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
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12They lamented and wept and fasted until evening because Saul, his son Jonathan, the LORD’s people, and the house of Israel had fallen by the sword.
- 2 Sam 19:5-62 verses72%
5So Joab visited the king at his home. He said,“Today you have embarrassed all your servants who have saved your life this day, as well as the lives of your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your concubines.
6You seem to love your enemies and hate your friends! For you have as much as declared today that leaders and servants don’t matter to you. I realize now that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, it would be all right with you.
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31But David’s soldiers had slaughtered the Benjaminites and Abner’s men– in all, 360 men had died!
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22Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground and thanked the king. Joab said,“Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your servant!”
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5“You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me– how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained the belt on his waist and the sandals on his feet.
- 1 Sam 22:16-172 verses71%
16But the king said,“You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”
17Then the king said to the messengers who were stationed beside him,“Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, for they too have sided with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm the priests of the LORD.
- 2 Sam 1:15-162 verses71%
15Then David called one of the soldiers and said,“Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.
16David said to him,“Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying‘I have put the LORD’s anointed to death.’”
- 2 Sam 2:7-82 verses71%
7Now be courageous and prove to be valiant warriors, for your lord Saul is dead. The people of Judah have anointed me as king over them.”
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.
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10But Absalom, whom we anointed as our king, has died in battle. So now why do you hesitate to bring the king back?”
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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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28Samuel said to him,“The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to one of your colleagues who is better than you!
- 2 Sam 19:1-22 verses71%
1(19:2) Joab was told,“The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
2So the victory of that day was turned to mourning as far as all the people were concerned. For the people heard on that day,“The king is grieved over his son.”
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10David went on to say,“As the LORD lives, the LORD himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.
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20For I, your servant, know that I sinned, and I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”