2 Samuel 3:37

So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

In Context

36And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them, as whatever the king did pleased all the people.

38And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

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Cross References

2 Samuel 16:7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow.

1 Chronicles 27:21of the half-[tribe] of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah; of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner;

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 3:23-39

Joab Murders Abner; David's Reflections on Abner's Murder. ( b. c. 1048.) 22 And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, 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. 23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. 24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done?… Read the whole commentary →

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