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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Samuel 3 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_samuel/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_samuel/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AMP</a> > 2 Samuel 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_samuel/2.htm" title="2 Samuel 2">◄</a> 2 Samuel 3 <a href="../2_samuel/4.htm" title="2 Samuel 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/2_samuel/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">The House of David Strengthened</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David; but David grew steadily stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker [to the point of being powerless]. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Sons were born to David in Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>his second, Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; the third, Absalom the son of [his wife] Maacah, daughter of Talmai the king of Geshur; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>the fourth, Adonijah the son of [his wife] Haggith; the fifth, Shephatiah the son of [his wife] Abital; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and the sixth, Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah. These [sons] were born to David in Hebron. <p class="hdg">Abner Joins David</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Now while war continued between the houses of Saul and David, Abner was proving himself strong in the house of Saul. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now Saul had a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>concubine whose name was Rizpah the daughter of Aiah; and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>“Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Abner was very angry at the words of Ish-bosheth, and he said, “Am I a dog’s head [a despicable traitor] that belongs to Judah? <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>Today I show loyalty <i>and</i> kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers and his friends, by not having you handed over to David; and yet you charge me today with guilt concerning this woman. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>May God do so to Abner, and more also, if I do not do for David just as the LORD has sworn to him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah from Dan [in the north] to Beersheba [in the south].” <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And Ish-bosheth could not say another word to Abner, because he was afraid of him. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then Abner sent messengers to David [who was] in his place [at Hebron], saying, “Whose is the land? Make your covenant (treaty) with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to bring all Israel over to you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>David said, “Good! I will make a covenant (treaty) with you, but I require one thing of you: you shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>me.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>Give me my wife Michal, to whom I was <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>betrothed for [the price of] a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband, from Paltiel the son of Laish [to whom Saul had given her]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But her husband went with her, weeping continually behind her as far as Bahurim. Then Abner told him, “Go, return.” And he did so. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Abner talked with the elders (tribal leaders) of Israel, saying, “In times past you were seeking for David to be king over you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now then, do it [and make him king]! For the LORD has spoken of David, saying, ‘By the hand of My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and the hand of all their enemies.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Abner also spoke <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>to [the men of] Benjamin. Then he also went to <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>tell David at Hebron everything that seemed good <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>to Israel and to the entire house of Benjamin. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So Abner came to David at Hebron, and [brought] twenty men along with him. And David prepared a feast for Abner and the men with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Abner said to David, “Let me stand up and go, and gather all Israel to my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant (treaty) with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then the servants of David came with Joab from a raid and brought a great quantity of spoil with them; but Abner was not with David at Hebron, because David had sent him away, and he had gone in peace. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, they told Joab, “Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then Joab came to the king and said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why did you send him away, so that he is already gone? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>You know Abner the son of Ner, that he [only] came to deceive you [with flattering words] and to learn of your going out and coming in, and to find out what you are doing.” <p class="hdg">Joab Murders Abner</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>When Joab left David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David knew nothing [about Joab’s action]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate to speak to him privately, and there he struck Abner in the abdomen so that he died, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>to avenge the blood of Asahel, Joab’s brother. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the LORD of the blood of Abner the son of Ner. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Let <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>the guilt fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house (family); and may there never disappear from the house of Joab one who suffers with a discharge or one who is a leper or one who walks with a crutch [being unfit for war], or one who falls by the sword, or one who lacks food.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>So Joab and Abishai his brother murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon. <p class="hdg">David Mourns Abner</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then David said to Joab and to all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David walked behind the bier. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king raised his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And the king sang a dirge (funeral song) over Abner and said, <p class="indent1stline">“Should Abner [the great warrior] die as a fool dies? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>“Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put in fetters; <t><p class="indent1">As a man falls before the wicked, so you have fallen.” <p class="R">And all the people wept again over him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>All the people came to urge David to eat food while it was still day; but David took an oath, saying, “May God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And all the people took notice of it and it <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[l]</a></span>pleased them, just as everything that the king did pleased all the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been the will of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Today I am weak, though anointed king; these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too difficult for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer [Joab] in accordance with his wickedness!”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> See note Gen 22:24.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Being intimate with the former king’s concubine was a way for Abner to assert a claim on the throne.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Abner reminds Ish-bosheth that he put Ish-bosheth on the throne of Israel.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>see my face</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Saul promised Michal to David as his wife. See 1 Sam 18:25-27.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> I.e. a legal and binding promise of marriage.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>in the ears of Benjamin.</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>speak in the ears of David</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>in the eyes of Israel</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> This was an act of murder, not justifiable revenge, because Abner had killed Asahel in self-defense during a battle.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">29</span> Lit <i>it.</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[l]</span> <span class="fnverse">36</span> Lit <i>was good in their eyes</i>.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_samuel/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_samuel/4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>