2 Samuel 3:12
Then Abner sent messengers to speak for him to David, saying, “Who does the country belong to anyway? Make an agreement with me, and you can be sure I'll be on your side to have all of Israel follow you.”
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11Ishbosheth didn't dare to say anything else to Abner because he was frightened of him.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:27When Abner arrived back in Hebron, Joab took him aside into the town gatehouse as if he was going to talk with him in private. But Joab stabbed him in the belly, killing him in revenge for killing Joab's brother Asahel.
2 Samuel 5:1All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and told him, “We are your flesh and blood.
2 Samuel 19:14Amasa convinced all the people of Judah to unitedly support David, so they sent a message to the king: “Please come back, you and everyone with you.”
1 Chronicles 11:1All the Israelites gathered to meet with David in Hebron. They told him, “We are your flesh and blood.
Psalms 62:9Ordinary people are mere breaths, while leaders are just fakes. Put them all together and weigh them on scales and they wouldn't weigh more than air!
Luke 16:5So he invited all those who were in debt to his master to come and see him. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 3:8-22
Abner Deserts to David. ( b. c. 1048.) 7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine? 8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?… Read the whole commentary →