And now, let your hands be made strong, and be sons of strength, for your lord Saul is dead. And also, the house of Judah has anointed me to be king over them.
And when Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, the army commander, Whose son is this youth, Abner? And Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.
And David called to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Do you not answer, Abner? And Abner replied and said, Who are you, the one calling to the king?