12And 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.
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All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. …
And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.
So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? …
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. …
And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-21)Here, I. Abner breaks with Ish-bosheth, and deserts his interest, upon a little provocation which Ish-bosheth unadvisedly gave him. God can serve his own purposes by the sins and follies of men. 1. Ish-bosheth accused Abner of no less a crime than debauching one of his father’s concubines, 2 Sam. 3:7. Whether it was so or no does not appear, nor what ground he had for the suspicion: but, however i…
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