2 Samuel 3:12
And Abenner sent messengers to David to Thaelam where he was, immediately, saying, Make your covenant with me, and, behold, my hand is with you to bring back to you all the house of Israel.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
11And Jebosthe could not any longer answer Abenner a word, because he feared him.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:27And he brought back Abenner to Chebron, and Joab caused him to turn aside from the gate to speak to him, laying wait for him: and he struck him there in the loins, and he died for the blood of Asael the brother of Joab.
2 Samuel 5:1And all the tribes of Israel come to David to Chebron, and they said to him, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
2 Samuel 19:14And he bowed the heart of all the men of Juda as that of one man; and they sent to the king, saying, Return you, and all your servants.
1 Chronicles 11:1And all Israel came to David in Chebron, saying, Behold, we are your bones and your flesh.
Psalms 62:9But they vainly sought after my soul; they shall go into the lowest parts o the earth. 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 →