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Abner also spoke personally to Benjamin, and then went to make his own report to David in Hebron concerning all that would be agreeable to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin. (2 Samuel 3, 19)
When Abner, accompanied by twenty men, came to David in Hebron, David prepared a feast for Abner and for the men who were with him. (2 Samuel 3, 20)
Then Abner said to David, "I will now go to assemble all Israel for my lord the king, that they may make an agreement with you; you will then be king over all whom you wish to rule." So David bade Abner farewell, and he went away in peace. (2 Samuel 3, 21)
Just then David's servants and Joab were coming in from an expedition, bringing much plunder with them. Abner, having been dismissed by David, was no longer with him in Hebron but had gone his way in peace. (2 Samuel 3, 22)
When Joab and the whole force he had with him arrived, he was informed, "Abner, son of Ner, came to David; he has been sent on his way in peace." (2 Samuel 3, 23)
Joab then left David, and without David's knowledge sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the cistern of Sirah. (2 Samuel 3, 26)
Later David heard of it and said: "Before the LORD; I and my kingdom are forever innocent. (2 Samuel 3, 28)
Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, "Rend your garments, gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn over Abner." King David himself followed the bier. (2 Samuel 3, 31)
Then they went to console David with food while it was still day. But David swore, "May God do thus and so to me if I eat bread or anything else before sunset." (2 Samuel 3, 35)
They brought the head of Ishbaal to David in Hebron and said to the king: "This is the head of Ishbaal, son of your enemy Saul, who sought your life. Thus has the LORD this day avenged my lord the king on Saul and his posterity." (2 Samuel 4, 8)
But David replied to Rechab and his brother Baanah, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite: "As the LORD lives, who rescued me from all difficulty, (2 Samuel 4, 9)
So at a command from David, the young men killed them and cut off their hands and feet, hanging them up near the pool in Hebron. But he took the head of Ishbaal and buried it in Abner's grave in Hebron. (2 Samuel 4, 12)
