2 Samuel 3:17

Webster's Bible (1833)

Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, In times past you sought for David to be king over you:

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  • 2 Sam 3:18-26
    9 verses
    81%

    18now then do it; for Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

    19Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.

    20So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. David made Abner and the men who were with him a feast.

    21Abner said to David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul desires. David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

    22Behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

    23When Joab and all the host who was with him had come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

    24Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?

    25You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.

    26When Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah: but David didn't know it.

  • 2 Sam 3:8-13
    6 verses
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    8Then was Abner very angry for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? This day do I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me this day with a fault concerning this woman.

    9God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Yahweh has sworn to David, I don't do even so to him;

    10to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.

    11He could not answer Abner another word, because he feared him.

    12Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying [also], Make your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you.

    13He said, Well; I will make a league with you; but one thing I require of you: that is, you shall not see my face, except you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see my face.

  • 1 Chr 11:1-3
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    1Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

    2In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel: and Yahweh your God said to you, You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.

    3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Yahweh by Samuel.

  • 2 Sam 5:2-3
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    2In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel: and Yahweh said to you, You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.

    3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh: and they anointed David king over Israel.

  • 2 Sam 3:6
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    6It happened, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong in the house of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    57As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 2 Sam 3:37-38
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    37So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.

    38The king said to his servants, "Don't you know that there a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

  • 1 Sam 26:14-15
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    14and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Don't you answer, Abner? Then Abner answered, Who are you who cries to the king?

    15David said to Abner, Aren't you a [valiant] man? and who is like you in Israel? why then have you not kept watch over your lord, the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord.

  • 2 Sam 19:10-11
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    74%

    10Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why don't you speak a word of bringing the king back?

    11King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, [to bring him] to his house.

  • 2 Sam 3:30-33
    4 verses
    74%

    30So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

    31David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. King David followed the bier.

    32They buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

    33The king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dies?

  • 2 Sam 2:8-9
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    72%

    8Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

    9and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

  • 2 Sam 15:13
    72%

    13There came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
    72%

    31When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

  • 2 Sam 3:28
    72%

    28Afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Yahweh forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
    72%

    20You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

  • 2 Sam 17:4
    71%

    4The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 18:22
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    22Saul commanded his servants, [saying], Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

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

  • 2 Sam 3:16
    71%

    16Her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then said Abner to him, Go, return: and he returned.

  • 1 Chr 17:7
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    7Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel:

  • 1 Sam 18:24
    71%

    24The servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.

  • 2 Sam 2:17
    70%

    17The battle was very severe that day: and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

  • 1 Sam 25:32
    70%

    32David said to Abigail, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me:

  • 2 Sam 2:4
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    4The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, saying, The men of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul.

  • 1 Sam 12:13
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    13Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have asked for: and, behold, Yahweh has set a king over you.

  • 1 Kgs 1:32
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    32King David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. They came before the king.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
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    24Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.