2 Samuel 3:12

Then Abner sent messengers to David to speak for him saying, “Whose land is this? Make a covenant with me, and you will see that my hand is with you, to bring all Israel to you.”

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In The King James Version

And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

In Context

11Ishbosheth could not answer Abner another word, because he feared him.

13David answered, “Good, I will make a covenant with you. But one thing I require from you is that you cannot see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see me.”

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Cross References

2 Samuel 3:27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the middle of the gate to speak with him quietly. There Joab stabbed him in the stomach and killed him. In this way, Joab avenged the blood of Asahel his brother.

2 Samuel 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Look, we are your flesh and bone.

2 Samuel 19:14So he won the hearts of all the men of Judah as one man. They sent to the king saying, “Return, you and all your men.”

1 Chronicles 11:1Then all Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Look, we are your flesh and bone.

Psalms 62:9Surely men of low standing are vanity, and men of high standing are a lie; 1 they will weigh lightly in the scales; 1 weighed together, they are lighter than nothing. 1

Luke 16:5Then the manager called for each one of his master's debtors, and he asked the first one, 'How much do you owe to 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 →

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