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2 Samuel 3 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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The House of David Strengthened

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There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David; but David grew steadily stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker [to the point of being powerless].

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Sons were born to David in Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:3 - his second, Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; the third, Absalom the son of [his wife] Maacah, daughter of Talmai the king of Geshur;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:4 - the fourth, Adonijah the son of [his wife] Haggith; the fifth, Shephatiah the son of [his wife] Abital;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:5 - and the sixth, Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah. These [sons] were born to David in Hebron.

Abner Joins David

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Now while war continued between the houses of Saul and David, Abner was proving himself strong in the house of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7 - Now Saul had a [fn]concubine whose name was Rizpah the daughter of Aiah; and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, [fn]“Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Then Abner was very angry at the words of Ish-bosheth, and he said, “Am I a dog’s head [a despicable traitor] that belongs to Judah? [fn]Today I show loyalty and kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers and his friends, by not having you handed over to David; and yet you charge me today with guilt concerning this woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:9 - “May God do so to Abner, and more also, if I do not do for David just as the LORD has sworn to him,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah from Dan [in the north] to Beersheba [in the south].”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:11 - And Ish-bosheth could not say another word to Abner, because he was afraid of him.

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Then Abner sent messengers to David [who was] in his place [at Hebron], saying, “Whose is the land? Make your covenant (treaty) with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:13 - David said, “Good! I will make a covenant (treaty) with you, but I require one thing of you: you shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see [fn]me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:14 - So David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “[fn]Give me my wife Michal, to whom I was [fn]betrothed for [the price of] a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:15 - So Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband, from Paltiel the son of Laish [to whom Saul had given her].

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:16 - But her husband went with her, weeping continually behind her as far as Bahurim. Then Abner told him, “Go, return.” And he did so.

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Abner talked with the elders (tribal leaders) of Israel, saying, “In times past you were seeking for David to be king over you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:18 - “Now then, do it [and make him king]! For the LORD has spoken of David, saying, ‘By the hand of My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and the hand of all their enemies.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19 - Abner also spoke [fn]to [the men of] Benjamin. Then he also went to [fn]tell David at Hebron everything that seemed good [fn]to Israel and to the entire house of Benjamin.

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So Abner came to David at Hebron, and [brought] twenty men along with him. And David prepared a feast for Abner and the men with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21 - Abner said to David, “Let me stand up and go, and gather all Israel to my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant (treaty) with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.

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Then the servants of David came with Joab from a raid and brought a great quantity of spoil with them; but Abner was not with David at Hebron, because David had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23 - When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, they told Joab, “Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:24 - Then Joab came to the king and said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why did you send him away, so that he is already gone?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:25 - “You know Abner the son of Ner, that he [only] came to deceive you [with flattering words] and to learn of your going out and coming in, and to find out what you are doing.”

Joab Murders Abner

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When Joab left David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David knew nothing [about Joab’s action].

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate to speak to him privately, and there he struck Abner in the abdomen so that he died, [fn]to avenge the blood of Asahel, Joab’s brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:28 - Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the LORD of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - “Let [fn]the guilt fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house (family); and may there never disappear from the house of Joab one who suffers with a discharge or one who is a leper or one who walks with a crutch [being unfit for war], or one who falls by the sword, or one who lacks food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30 - So Joab and Abishai his brother murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.

David Mourns Abner

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Then David said to Joab and to all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David walked behind the bier.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:32 - They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king raised his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:33 - And the king sang a dirge (funeral song) over Abner and said,

“Should Abner [the great warrior] die as a fool dies?

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“Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put in fetters;

As a man falls before the wicked, so you have fallen.”

And all the people wept again over him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35 - All the people came to urge David to eat food while it was still day; but David took an oath, saying, “May God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:36 - And all the people took notice of it and it [fn]pleased them, just as everything that the king did pleased all the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:37 - So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been the will of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:38 - Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:39 - “Today I am weak, though anointed king; these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too difficult for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer [Joab] in accordance with his wickedness!”
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AMP Footnotes
See note Gen 22:24.
Being intimate with the former king’s concubine was a way for Abner to assert a claim on the throne.
Abner reminds Ish-bosheth that he put Ish-bosheth on the throne of Israel.
Lit see my face.
Saul promised Michal to David as his wife. See 1 Sam 18:25-27.
I.e. a legal and binding promise of marriage.
Lit in the ears of Benjamin.
Lit speak in the ears of David.
Lit in the eyes of Israel.
This was an act of murder, not justifiable revenge, because Abner had killed Asahel in self-defense during a battle.
Lit it.
Lit was good in their eyes.
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