2 Samuel 3:6

Abner Defects to David’s Camp

3:6 As the war continued between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was becoming more influential ¹  in the house of Saul.

2 Samuel 3:25

3:25 You know Abner the son of Ner! Surely he came here to spy on you and to determine when you leave and when you return ²  and to discover everything that you are doing!”

2 Samuel 11:3

11:3 So David sent someone to inquire about the woman. The messenger ³  said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”

2 Samuel 14:21

14:21 Then the king said to Joab, “All right! I ⁴  will do this thing! Go and bring back the young man Absalom!

2 Samuel 15:3

15:3 Absalom would then say to him, “Look, your claims are legitimate and appropriate. ⁵  But there is no representative of the king who will listen to you.”

2 Samuel 15:28

15:28 Look, I will be waiting at the fords of the desert until word from you ⁶  reaches me.”

[3:6]  ¹ tn Heb “was strengthening himself.” The statement may have a negative sense here, perhaps suggesting that Abner was overstepping the bounds of political propriety in a self-serving way.

[3:25]  ² tn Heb “your going out and your coming in.” The expression is a merism. It specifically mentions the polar extremities of the actions but includes all activity in between the extremities as well, thus encompassing the entirety of one’s activities.

[11:3]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the messenger) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:21]  ⁴ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss have “you” rather than “I.”

[15:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “good and straight.”

[15:28]  ⁶ tn The pronoun is plural, referring to Zadok and Abiathar.