2 Samuel 3:12 “Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, “To whom doe…”

2 Samuel 3:12

Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, “Whose is the land?” and saying, “Make your alliance with me, and behold, my hand will be with you to bring all Israel around to you.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Abner sent messengers to Dauid on his behalfe, saying, Whose is the lande? who should also say, Make couenant with me, and beholde, mine hande shalbe with thee, to bring all Israel vnto thee.

Darby Translation

And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying [also], Make thy covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with thee, to turn all Israel to thee.

Young's Literal Translation

And Abner sendeth messengers unto David for himself, saying, 'Whose [is] the land?' saying, 'Make thy covenant with me, and lo, my hand [is] with thee, to bring round unto thee all Israel.'

Bible in Basic English

And Abner sent men to David at Hebron, saying, Make an agreement with me, and I will give you my support in getting all Israel on your side.

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Cross references

“Whose”

2 Samuel 19:6 2 Samuel 20:1–13

2 Samuel 19:6 · BSB

You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! For you have made it clear today that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would ha…

2 Samuel 20:1–13 · BSB

Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”

“Make”

Psalm 62:9 Luke 16:5–8

Psalm 62:9 · BSB

Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

Luke 16:5–8 · BSB

And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.

“my hand”

1 Chronicles 12:38–40 2 Samuel 3:21 2 Samuel 3:27 2 Samuel 5:1–3 2 Samuel 19:14 1 Chronicles 11:1–3

1 Chronicles 12:38–40 · BSB

All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.

2 Samuel 3:21 · BSB

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, a…

2 Samuel 3:27 · BSB

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.

2 Samuel 5:1–3 · BSB

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

2 Samuel 19:14 · BSB

So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants.”

1 Chronicles 11:1–3 · BSB

Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11And for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.

13“Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”

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