2 Samuel 3:25

Abner Ner

²³ When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

²⁴ Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.

²⁶ And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.

²⁷ And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Surely you realize that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to track your movements and all that you are doing.”
KJV: Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
WEB: You know Abner the son of Ner. He came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.”
ASV: Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
DARBY: Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
BLB: You have known Abner son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you are doing.”

ÅB: Du kjenner da Abner, Ners sønn, og vet at han er kommet for å narre deg og for å få rede på all din ferd og alt det du gjør.
OTB: Du kjenner Abner, sønn av Ner, at han kom for å bedra deg og for å lære om dine bevegelser og for å vite alt du gjør."
B1930: Du kjenner da Abner, Ners sønn, og vet at han er kommet for å narre dig og for å få rede på all din ferd og alt det du gjør.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 37:28
But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
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Numbers 27:17
Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
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Deuteronomy 28:6
Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
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Psalms 121:8
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
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1 Samuel 29:4–6
And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?
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John 7:47
Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
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2 Samuel 10:3
And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
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2 Samuel 3:27
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
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