2 Samuel 3:12
And Abner sent messengers to David to Thaelam where he was, immediately, saying, Make thy covenant with me, and, behold, my hand is with thee to bring back to thee all the house of Israel.
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11And Ish-bosheth could not any longer answer Abner a word, because he feared him.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:27And he brought back Abner to Hebron, and Joab caused him to turn aside from the gate to speak to him, laying wait for him: and he smote him there in the loins, and he died for the blood of Asahel the brother of Joab.
2 Samuel 5:1And all the tribes of Israel come to David to Hebron, and they said to him, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 Samuel 19:14And ye shall say to Amasa, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? and now God do so to me, and more also, if thou shalt not be commander of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
1 Chronicles 11:1And all Israel came to David in Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bones and thy flesh.
Psalms 62:9My soul has kept very close behind thee: 1 Thy right hand has upheld me. 1
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 →