2 Samuel 3:12

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Abner sent messengers as his representatives to say to David, “Whose land is it? Make your covenant with me, and you can be certain I am on your side to hand all Israel over to you.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:14

So he won over all the men of Judah, and they sent word to the king: “Come back, you and all your servants.”

2 Samuel 19:41

Suddenly, all the men of Israel came to the king. They asked him, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and transport the king and his household across the Jordan, along with all of David’s men? ”

2 Samuel 19:6

You love your enemies and hate those who love you! Today you have made it clear that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. In fact, today I know that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would be fine with you!

2 Samuel 3:11

Ish-bosheth could not answer Abner because he was afraid of him.

2 Samuel 3:13

David replied, “Good, I will make a covenant with you. However, there’s one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal here when you come to see me.”

2 Samuel 3:21

Abner said to David, “Let me now go and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king. They will make a covenant with you, and you will rule over all you desire.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

2 Samuel 3:27

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside to the middle of the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died in revenge for the death of Asahel, Joab’s brother.

2 Samuel 3:38

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

Psalm 62:9

Men are only a vapor; exalted men, an illusion. Weighed in the scales, they go up; together they are less than a vapor.