H4428And the kingH559said[H8799] H5650unto his servantsH3045, Know[H8799] H8269ye not that there is a princeH1419and a great manH5307fallen[H8804] H3117this dayH3478in Israel?
H7227Great menH2449are not always wise[H8799] H2205: neither do the agedH995understand[H8799] H4941judgment.
H74And AbnerH7971sent[H8799] H4397messengersH1732to DavidH559on his behalf, saying[H8800] H776, Whose is the landH559? saying[H8800] H3772also, Make[H8798] H1285thy leagueH3027with me, and, behold, my handH5437shall be with thee, to bring about[H8687] H3478all Israel unto thee.
H74But AbnerH1121the sonH5369of NerH8269, captainH7586of Saul'sH6635hostH3947, took[H8804] H378IshboshethH1121the sonH7586of SaulH5674, and brought him over[H8686] H4266to Mahanaim;
H5971For all the peopleH3478and all IsraelH3045understood[H8799] H3117that dayH4428that it was not of the kingH4191to slay[H8687] H74AbnerH1121the sonH5369of Ner.
H3117And I am this dayH7390weakH4886, though anointed[H8803] H4428kingH582; and these menH1121the sonsH6870of ZeruiahH7186be too hardH3068for me: the LORDH7999shall reward[H8762] H6213the doer of evil[H8802] H7451according to his wickedness.
H1732And DavidH559said[H8799] H74to AbnerH376, Art not thou a valiant manH3478? and who is like to thee in IsraelH8104? wherefore then hast thou not kept[H8804] H113thy lordH4428the kingH935? for there came[H8804] H259oneH5971of the peopleH7843in to destroy[H8687] H4428the kingH113thy lord.
