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2 Samuel 3:12 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 3 · verse 12
And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.2 Samuel 3:12 · King James Version
2 Samuel 3:12 in context
10To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.
11And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.
12And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
13And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my face.
14And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- messengersmălʼâka messengerH4397 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- leaguebᵉrîytha compactH1285 →
- AbnerʼAbnêrAbner, an IsraeliteH74 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- aboutçâbabto revolve, surround, or borderH5437 →
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Here, I. Abner breaks with Ish-bosheth, and deserts his interest, upon a little provocation which Ish-bosheth unadvisedly gave him. God can serve his own purposes by the sins and follies of men. 1. Ish-bosheth accused Abner of no less a crime than debauching one of his father's concubines, Sa2 3:7.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-21