2 Samuel 3:12
And Abner sends messengers to David for himself, saying, “Whose [is] the land?” [And] saying, “Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand [is] with you, to bring around all Israel to you.”
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11And he is not able to return a word [to] Abner anymore, because of his fearing him.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:27And Abner turns back to Hebron, and Joab turns him aside to the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and strikes him there in the fifth [rib]—and he dies—for the blood of his brother Asahel.
2 Samuel 5:1And all the tribes of Israel come to David, to Hebron, and speak, saying, “Behold, we [are] your bone and your flesh;
2 Samuel 19:14And he inclines the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, and they send to the king, “Return, you and all your servants.”
1 Chronicles 11:1And all Israel is gathered to David at Hebron, saying, “Behold, we [are] your bone and your flesh;
Psalms 62:9Surely vanity the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up || They [are] lighter than a breath.
Luke 16:5And having called near each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe to my lord?
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 →