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2 Samuel 2:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army,  took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth  , and moved him to Mahanaim.

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


When he saw them, Jacob said, ‘This is God’s camp.’ So he called that place Mahanaim.  ,


Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.


Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.


Then David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, ‘Aren’t you going to answer, Abner? ’ ‘Who are you who calls to the king? ’ Abner asked.


When Saul had seen David going out to confront the Philistine, he asked Abner the commander of the army, ‘Whose son is this youth, Abner? ’ ‘Your Majesty, as surely as you live, I don’t know,’ Abner replied.


From the tribe of Gad they gave: Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,


Therefore, be strong  and valiant, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.’


So Abner and his men marched through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning,  and arrived at Mahanaim.


During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner kept acquiring more power in the house of Saul.


David had arrived at Mahanaim by the time Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.


From the Benjaminites, the relatives of Saul:  3,000 (up to that time the majority of the Benjaminites maintained their allegiance to the house of Saul).


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


Then the king said to his soldiers, ‘You must know that a great leader has fallen in Israel today.


From the Ephraimites: 20,800 valiant warriors who were famous men in their ancestral families.





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