2 Samuel 3:21

Webster's Bible (1833)

Abner said to David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul desires. David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

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  • 2 Sam 3:12 : 12 Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying [also], Make your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you.
  • 1 Kgs 11:37 : 37 I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.
  • 2 Sam 3:10 : 10 to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.
  • 2 Sam 2:9 : 9 and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
  • Ps 20:4 : 4 May He grant you your heart's desire, And fulfill all your counsel.
  • Phil 2:21 : 21 For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

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  • 2 Sam 3:8-13
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    85%

    8Then was Abner very angry for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? This day do I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me this day with a fault concerning this woman.

    9God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Yahweh has sworn to David, I don't do even so to him;

    10to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.

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

    12Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying [also], Make your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you.

    13He said, Well; I will make a league with you; but one thing I require of you: that is, you shall not see my face, except you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see my face.

  • 2 Sam 3:22-26
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    85%

    22Behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

    23When Joab and all the host who was with him had come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

    24Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?

    25You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.

    26When Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah: but David didn't know it.

  • 2 Sam 3:16-20
    5 verses
    81%

    16Her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then said Abner to him, Go, return: and he returned.

    17Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, In times past you sought for David to be king over you:

    18now then do it; for Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

    19Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.

    20So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. David made Abner and the men who were with him a feast.

  • 2 Sam 15:9
    77%

    9The king said to him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 3:6
    75%

    6It happened, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong in the house of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 3:28
    74%

    28Afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Yahweh forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

  • 2 Sam 2:29
    74%

    29Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.

  • 2 Sam 3:36-37
    2 verses
    74%

    36All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; as whatever the king did pleased all the people.

    37So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.

  • 2 Sam 2:12
    73%

    12Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  • 2 Sam 3:30-32
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    73%

    30So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

    31David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. King David followed the bier.

    32They buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

  • 2 Sam 5:3
    73%

    3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh: and they anointed David king over Israel.

  • 2 Sam 2:8-9
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    73%

    8Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

    9and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

  • 2 Sam 17:3
    73%

    3and I will bring back all the people to you: the man whom you seek is as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace.

  • 1 Chr 11:1
    73%

    1Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

  • 1 Sam 26:15
    72%

    15David said to Abner, Aren't you a [valiant] man? and who is like you in Israel? why then have you not kept watch over your lord, the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord.

  • 1 Chr 11:3
    72%

    3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Yahweh by Samuel.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    72%

    57As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 2 Sam 2:25
    72%

    25The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.

  • 1 Sam 25:40
    72%

    40When the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife.

  • 2 Sam 15:13
    72%

    13There came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.

  • 1 Sam 25:35
    72%

    35So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said to her, Go up in peace to your house; behold, I have listened to your voice, and have accepted your person.

  • 1 Kgs 11:37
    72%

    37I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
    71%

    24Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

  • 2 Sam 2:14
    71%

    14Abner said to Joab, Please let the young men arise and play before us. Joab said, Let them arise.

  • 1 Sam 25:30
    71%

    30It shall come to pass, when Yahweh shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and shall have appointed you prince over Israel,

  • 2 Sam 14:21
    71%

    21The king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.

  • 1 Sam 25:32
    71%

    32David said to Abigail, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me:

  • 1 Chr 21:4
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    4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 14:23
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    23So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 19:7
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    7Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably to your servants; for I swear by Yahweh, if you don't go forth, there will not stay a man with you this night: and that will be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now.

  • 1 Sam 26:6
    71%

    6Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? Abishai said, I will go down with you.

  • 2 Sam 2:21
    71%

    21Abner said to him, Turn you aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay you hold on one of the young men, and take you his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

  • 2 Sam 20:6
    70%

    6David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take your lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.