2 Samuel 3:19
17 Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.
18 Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”
Abner also spoke to the Benjamites and went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.
20 When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.
21 Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.
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- BSB
- Abner also spoke to the Benjamites and went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.
- KJV
- And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
- WEB
- Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin; and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.
- ASV
- And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.
- DARBY
- And Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin; and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
- BLB
- And Abner spoke also in the ears of Benjamin. And Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good in the eyes of Israel and in the eyes of all the house of Benjamin.
- ÅB
- Abner talte også med benjaminittene. Så gikk han avsted for å tale med David i Hebron om alt det som Israel og hele Benjamins hus hadde besluttet.
- OTB
- Abner talte også i Benjamins hørsel; og i tillegg gikk Abner for å tale med David i Hebron alt som var godt i Israels øyne og i hele Benjamins hus.
- B1930
- Abner talte også med benjaminittene. Så gikk han avsted for å tale med David i Hebron om alt det som Israel og hele Benjamins hus hadde besluttet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 12:29
From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.
Read in context1 Samuel 10:20–21
Thus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.
Read in contextPsalms 68:27
There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
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