אֲבִינֵר

Abner

1. 1 Samuel 14:50אֲבִינֵ֔ר · was Abner
   His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.
2. 1 Samuel 14:51אַבְנֵ֖ר · and Abner’s
   Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.
3. 1 Samuel 17:55 (3×)אַבְנֵר֙ · Abner; אַבְנֵ֑ר · Abner; אַבְנֵ֔ר · Abner
   As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
4. 1 Samuel 17:57אַבְנֵ֔ר · Abner
   So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.
5. 1 Samuel 20:25אַבְנֵ֖ר · Abner
   He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.
6. 1 Samuel 26:5וְאַבְנֵ֥ר · and Abner
   Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.
7. 1 Samuel 26:7וְאַבְנֵ֣ר · And Abner
   That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.
8. 1 Samuel 26:14 (3×)אַבְנֵ֤ר · Abner; אַבְנֵ֑ר · Abner; אַבְנֵר֙ · Abner
   And David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, “Will you not answer me, Abner?” “Who are you who calls to the king?” Abner replied.
9. 1 Samuel 26:15אַבְנֵ֜ר · Abner
   So David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?
10. 2 Samuel 2:8וְאַבְנֵ֣ר · Meanwhile, Abner
    Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,
11. 2 Samuel 2:12אַבְנֵ֣ר · One day Abner
    One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
12. 2 Samuel 2:14אַבְנֵר֙ · Then Abner
    Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.
13. 2 Samuel 2:17אַבְנֵר֙ · and Abner
    The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.
14. 2 Samuel 2:19 (2×)אַבְנֵ֑ר · Abner; אַבְנֵֽר׃ · in his pursuit
    …and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.
15. 2 Samuel 2:20אַבְנֵר֙ · And Abner
    And Abner glanced back and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” “It is,” Asahel replied.
16. 2 Samuel 2:21אַבְנֵ֗ר · So Abner
    So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
17. 2 Samuel 2:22אַבְנֵ֗ר · Abner
    Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”
18. 2 Samuel 2:23אַבְנֵר֩ · So Abner
    But Asahel refused to turn away. So Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
19. 2 Samuel 2:24אַבְנֵ֑ר · Abner
    But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
20. 2 Samuel 2:25אַבְנֵ֔ר · to Abner
    The Benjamites rallied to Abner, formed a single unit, and took their stand atop a hill.
21. 2 Samuel 2:26אַבְנֵ֜ר · Then Abner
    Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
22. 2 Samuel 2:29וְאַבְנֵ֣ר · Abner
    And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.
23. 2 Samuel 2:30אַבְנֵ֔ר · Abner
    When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,
24. 2 Samuel 2:31אַבְנֵ֑ר · [who were with] Abner
    …but they had struck down 360 Benjamites who were with Abner.
25. 2 Samuel 3:6וְאַבְנֵ֛ר · Abner
    During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had continued to strengthen his position in the house of Saul.
26. 2 Samuel 3:7אַבְנֵ֔ר · Abner
    Now Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”
27. 2 Samuel 3:8לְאַבְנֵ֨ר · Abner
    Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
28. 2 Samuel 3:9לְאַבְנֵ֔ר · Abner
    May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:
29. 2 Samuel 3:11אַבְנֵ֖ר · to [him]
    And for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.
30. 2 Samuel 3:12אַבְנֵ֨ר · Then Abner
    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.”
31. 2 Samuel 3:16אַבְנֵ֛ר · Then Abner
    Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.
32. 2 Samuel 3:17אַבְנֵ֣ר · Now Abner
    Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.
33. 2 Samuel 3:19 (2×)אַבְנֵ֖ר · Abner; אַבְנֵ֗ר
    Abner also spoke to the Benjamites. Then he went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.
34. 2 Samuel 3:20 (2×)אַבְנֵ֤ר · When Abner; לְאַבְנֵ֛ר · for them
    When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.
35. 2 Samuel 3:21 (2×)אַבְנֵ֣ר · Then Abner; אַבְנֵ֖ר · Abner
    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.
36. 2 Samuel 3:22וְאַבְנֵ֗ר · But Abner [was]
    Just then David’s soldiers and Joab returned from a raid, bringing with them a great plunder. But Abner was not with David in Hebron, because David had sent him on his way in peace.
37. 2 Samuel 3:23אַבְנֵ֤ר · Abner
    When Joab and all his troops arrived, he was informed, “Abner son of Ner came to see the king, who sent him on his way in peace.”
38. 2 Samuel 3:24אַבְנֵר֙ · Abner
    So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is getting away!
39. 2 Samuel 3:25אַבְנֵ֣ר · Abner
    Surely you realize that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to track your movements and all that you are doing.”
40. 2 Samuel 3:26אַבְנֵ֔ר · Abner
    As soon as Joab had left David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David was unaware of it.
41. 2 Samuel 3:27אַבְנֵר֙ · When Abner
    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.
42. 2 Samuel 3:28אַבְנֵ֥ר · of Abner
    Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.