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2 Samuel 3:12

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Abner sent men to David at Hebron, saying, Make an agreement with me, and I will give you my support in getting all Israel on your side.

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And the hearts of the men of Judah were moved like one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, Come back, with all your servants.

Then the men of Israel came to the king and said, Why have our countrymen of Judah taken you away in secret and come over Jordan with the king and all his family, because all his people are David's men?

For your haters, it seems, are dear to you, and your friends are hated. For you have made it clear that captains and servants are nothing to you: and now I see that if Absalom was living and we had all been dead today, it would have been right in your eyes.

And so great was Ish-bosheth's fear of Abner that he was not able to say a word in answer.

And he said, It is well; I will make an agreement with you, but on one condition, which is, that when you come before me, Saul's daughter Michal is to come with you; till she comes you will not see my face.

And Abner said to David, Now I will go, and make all Israel come to my lord the king, so that they may make an agreement with you, and your kingdom may be as wide as your heart's desire. Then David sent Abner away and he went in peace.

And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.

And the king said to his servants, Do you not see that a chief and a great man has come to his end today in Israel?

Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.




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