2 Samuel 2:8

Amplified Bible

Now [Saul’s cousin] Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.

Cross References

Genesis 32:2

When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s camp.” So he named that place Mahanaim (double camps). [Gen 32:7, 10]

Genesis 32:3

Then Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

2 Samuel 17:24

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

2 Samuel 2:29

Then Abner and his men went through the Arabah (desert region) all that night, crossed the Jordan, went through Bithron and walked the whole morning and came to Mahanaim [where Ish-bosheth ruled Israel].

2 Samuel 2:7

So now, let your hands be strong and be valiant; for your lord Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”

2 Samuel 3:38

Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

2 Samuel 3:6

Now while war continued between the houses of Saul and David, Abner was proving himself strong in the house of Saul.

1 Chronicles 12:29

Of the tribe of Benjamin, the relatives of [King] Saul, 3,000; for until now the majority of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

1 Chronicles 12:30

Of the tribe of Ephraim, 20,800, courageous men, famous in their fathers’ houses.

1 Chronicles 8:33

Ner became the father of Kish, and Kish became the father of [King] Saul, and Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal (Ish-bosheth).

1 Chronicles 9:39

Ner became the father of Kish, and Kish became the father of [King] Saul, and Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

Joshua 21:38

From the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,

1 Samuel 14:50

The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. The commander of his army was named Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.

1 Samuel 17:55

When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” And Abner answered, “By your life, O king, I do not know.”

1 Samuel 26:14

David called to the army and to Abner the son of Ner, “Will you not answer, Abner?” Abner replied, “Who are you who calls [and disturbs] the king?”