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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_samuel/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD promised him on oath<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />May God strike me and even kill me if I don’t do everything I can to help David get what the LORD has promised him!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_samuel/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />God do so to Abner and more also, if I do not accomplish for David what the LORD has sworn to him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_samuel/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />May God do so to Abner, and more also, if I do not do for David as the LORD has sworn to him—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />May God do so to me, and more so, if as the LORD has sworn to David, I do not accomplish this for him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220May God do so to Abner, and more also, if as the LORD has sworn to David, I do not accomplish this for him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“May God do so to Abner, and more also, if as the LORD has sworn to David, I do not accomplish this for him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_samuel/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />May God do so to Abner, and more also, if as Yahweh has sworn to David, I do not do this for him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_samuel/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_samuel/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />May God punish Abner and do so severely if I don’t do for David what the LORD swore to him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />May God punish Abner and do so severely if I dont do for David what the LORD swore to him: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_samuel/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah hath sworn to David, I do not even so to him;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_samuel/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I ask God to punish me if I don't help David get what the LORD promised him! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_samuel/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as the LORD hath sworn to David, I do not even so to him;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_samuel/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />May God strike me dead unless I do for David what the LORD had promised him with an oath:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_samuel/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore may God do to me —and more also!—just as the LORD has promised to David, since I'm doing this for him: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_samuel/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_samuel/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />God will severely judge Abner if I do not do for David exactly what the LORD has promised him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_samuel/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as the LORD has sworn to David, I do not do even so to him;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_samuel/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_samuel/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Yahweh has sworn to David, I don’t do even so to him: <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus God does to Abner, and thus He adds to him, surely as YHWH has sworn to David—surely so I do to him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_samuel/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> thus doth God to Abner, and thus He doth add to him, surely as Jehovah hath sworn to David -- surely so I do to him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_samuel/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thus will God do to Abner, and thus will he add to him, for as Jehovah sware to David that thus I will do to him:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_samuel/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />So do God to Abner, and more also, unless as the Lord hath sworn to David, so I do to him, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />May God do these things to Abner, and may he add these other things, if, in the same way that the Lord swore to David, I do not do so with him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_samuel/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />May God do thus to Abner, and more, if I do not carry out for David what the LORD swore to him—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So may God do to Abner and so may he add to it! For just what the LORD has sworn to David, that will I accomplish for him,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So do God to Abner, and more also, if I do not perform what the LORD has spoken to David, even so will I do,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />So will God do to Abnir and so will he add to him if, just as LORD JEHOVAH has said to David, I shall not do for him<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_samuel/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as the LORD hath sworn to David, I do not even so to him;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_samuel/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />God do thus and more also to Abenner, if as the Lord swore to David, so do I not to him this day;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_samuel/3-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=678" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/3.htm">Abner Joins David</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>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! <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">May God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh- (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">punish</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ya·‘ă·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application."></a> <a href="/hebrew/74.htm" title="74: lə·’aḇ·nêr (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- My father is a lamp, an Isr. name. Or nabiyner; from 'ab and niyr; father of light; Abner, an Israelite.">Abner,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: wə·ḵōh (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">and ever so</a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: yō·sîp̄ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">severely,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">if</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ’e·‘ĕ·śeh- (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">I do not do</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: lə·ḏā·wiḏ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">for David</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7650.htm" title="7650: niš·ba‘ (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; propr. To be complete, but used only as a denominative from sheba'; to seven oneself, i.e. Swear.">has sworn to him:</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2-3</a></span><br />I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18</a></span><br />On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-4.htm">Genesis 17:4-8</a></span><br />“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. / No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. / I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-16.htm">Genesis 22:16-18</a></span><br />saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son, / I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. / And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8</a></span><br />I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/23-19.htm">Numbers 23:19</a></span><br />God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-9.htm">Deuteronomy 7:9</a></span><br />Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/21-45.htm">Joshua 21:45</a></span><br />Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-29.htm">1 Samuel 15:29</a></span><br />Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-56.htm">1 Kings 8:56</a></span><br />“Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-34.htm">Psalm 89:34-37</a></span><br />I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips. / Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David— / his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-24.htm">Isaiah 14:24</a></span><br />The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/46-10.htm">Isaiah 46:10-11</a></span><br />I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’ / I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/33-20.htm">Jeremiah 33:20-21</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time, / then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/12-25.htm">Ezekiel 12:25</a></span><br />because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD has sworn to David, even so I do to him;</p><p class="hdg">So do God</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/3-35.htm">2 Samuel 3:35</a></b></br> And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/19-13.htm">2 Samuel 19:13</a></b></br> And say ye to Amasa, <i>Art</i> thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ruth/1-17.htm">Ruth 1:17</a></b></br> Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, <i>if ought</i> but death part thee and me.</p><p class="hdg">as the Lord</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/3-17.htm">1 Samuel 3:17</a></b></br> And he said, What <i>is</i> the thing that <i>the LORD</i> hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide <i>it</i> not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide <i>any</i> thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/14-44.htm">1 Samuel 14:44</a></b></br> And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/25-22.htm">1 Samuel 25:22</a></b></br> So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that <i>pertain</i> to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.</p><p class="hdg">as the Lord</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/15-28.htm">1 Samuel 15:28</a></b></br> And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, <i>that is</i> better than thou.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/16-1.htm">1 Samuel 16:1-13</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/28-17.htm">1 Samuel 28:17</a></b></br> And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, <i>even</i> to David:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/3-8.htm">Abner</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-25.htm">Accomplish</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-22.htm">Add</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-8.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-22.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-22.htm">Except</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-22.htm">God's</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-15.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-30.htm">Promised</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-10.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/1_samuel/31-3.htm">Severely</a> <a href="/2_samuel/2-27.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-42.htm">Sworn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/3-11.htm">Abner</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-9.htm">Accomplish</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-34.htm">Add</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-10.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-22.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-13.htm">Except</a> <a href="/2_samuel/9-3.htm">God's</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-7.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-18.htm">Promised</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-14.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-13.htm">Severely</a> <a href="/2_samuel/4-9.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/2_samuel/21-2.htm">Sworn</a><div class="vheading2">2 Samuel 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-1.htm">During the war David becomes stronger</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-2.htm">Six sons are born to him in Hebron</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-6.htm">Abner, displeased with Ishbosheth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-7.htm">revolts to David</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-13.htm">David requires as a condition to bring him his wife Michal</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-17.htm">Abner confers with the Israelites, feasted by David, and dismissed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-22.htm">Joab returning from battle, is displeased with the king, and kills Abner</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-28.htm">David curses Joab</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-31.htm">and mourns for Abner</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <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> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_samuel/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>May God punish Abner, and ever so severely</b><br>This phrase reflects the ancient Near Eastern practice of invoking divine retribution as a form of oath-taking. It underscores the seriousness of Abner's commitment. In biblical culture, invoking God's punishment was a way to emphasize the truthfulness and binding nature of one's words. This type of oath is seen elsewhere in Scripture, such as in <a href="/ruth/1-17.htm">Ruth 1:17</a>, where Ruth makes a similar vow to Naomi. The use of such language indicates the gravity of the situation and Abner's determination to fulfill his promise.<p><b>if I do not do for David</b><br>Abner's declaration here marks a pivotal moment in the power dynamics of Israel. Abner, the commander of Saul's army, is shifting his allegiance from the house of Saul to David. This is significant because it represents a major political and military shift in favor of David, who had been anointed by Samuel as the future king of Israel (<a href="/1_samuel/16.htm">1 Samuel 16:1-13</a>). Abner's support would have been crucial in consolidating David's rule over all Israel, as Abner had considerable influence and authority.<p><b>what the LORD has sworn to him</b><br>This phrase acknowledges the divine promise made to David, which is a central theme in the books of Samuel. The LORD's promise to David is first mentioned in <a href="/1_samuel/16.htm">1 Samuel 16:1-13</a>, where David is anointed as king. This promise is further elaborated in <a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a>, where God makes a covenant with David, ensuring that his lineage will endure forever. Abner's recognition of this divine promise indicates his acceptance of God's will and the legitimacy of David's kingship. It also highlights the theme of God's sovereignty and faithfulness in fulfilling His promises, which is a recurring motif throughout the Bible.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/abner.htm">Abner</a></b><br>The commander of Saul's army, who initially supported Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, as king over Israel. Abner is a key figure in the power struggle following Saul's death.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Anointed by God to be king over Israel, David is in the process of consolidating his rule over the nation. He is a central figure in the account of 2 Samuel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord's_oath.htm">The LORD's Oath</a></b><br>Refers to God's promise to David that he would be king over Israel, a promise that Abner acknowledges in this verse.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/ish-bosheth.htm">Ish-bosheth</a></b><br>Saul's son, who was made king over Israel by Abner, but whose reign is challenged by David's growing influence.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/hebron.htm">Hebron</a></b><br>The city where David was initially anointed king over Judah and where he ruled for seven years before becoming king over all Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a></b><br>God's promises are sure and steadfast. Just as He fulfilled His promise to David, He will fulfill His promises to us. We can trust in His faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_human_agency_in_divine_plans.htm">The Role of Human Agency in Divine Plans</a></b><br>Abner's decision to support David highlights how God can use human actions to accomplish His divine purposes. We should be open to being used by God in His plans.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_change_of_heart.htm">Repentance and Change of Heart</a></b><br>Abner's shift in allegiance from Ish-bosheth to David demonstrates the possibility of repentance and realignment with God's will. We should be willing to change our course when we recognize God's direction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_leadership_and_authority.htm">The Importance of Leadership and Authority</a></b><br>The transition of power from Saul's house to David's reign underscores the importance of godly leadership. We should pray for and support leaders who seek to follow God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_defying_god's_will.htm">The Consequences of Defying God's Will</a></b><br>Abner's initial resistance to God's chosen king serves as a warning against opposing God's plans. We should seek to align our actions with God's purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_samuel_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_2_samuel_5_align_with_archaeology.htm">How can 2 Samuel 5’s claim of unanimous tribal support (5:1-3) be reconciled with limited archaeological evidence for widespread recognition of David’s rule? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_joab_kill_abner.htm">Why did Joab kill Abner in the Bible story?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_david_lament_abner's_death.htm">2 Samuel 3:33–34: Why does David publicly lament Abner’s death as though he were innocent when Abner led opposing forces?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/david_and_ish-bosheth_conflict.htm">What happened between David and Ish-bosheth?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">So do God to Abner.</span>--The anger of Abner culminates in a solemn oath to transfer the kingdom to David, "as the Lord hath sworn to him." There is no record of a Divine oath to give the kingdom to David, but the prophetic declaration that God's choice of him was unalterable (<a href="/1_samuel/15-29.htm" title="And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.">1Samuel 15:29</a>) may well have been considered to have the force of an oath. Abner does not propose to do this in order to fulfil the Divine will, for his words show that he had been acting hitherto in conscious opposition to that will, but to revenge himself for the insult now offered him. He had doubtless also become satisfied of his master's entire unfitness for the throne, and his power over Israel opened before him the prospect of high preferment from David.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">As the Lord hath sworn to David.</span> This not only shows that the prophetic promise of the kingdom to David was generally known (see note on 2 Samuel 1:2), but that Abner regarded it as solemnly ratified. There is no express mention of any such oath, but Abner was a man of strong words, and possibly only meant that Jehovah's purpose was becoming evident by the course of events. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/3-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">May God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">punish</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּֽה־</span> <span class="translit">(kōh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Abner,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאַבְנֵ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’aḇ·nêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_74.htm">Strong's 74: </a> </span><span class="str2">Abner -- 'my father is a lamp', an Israelite name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and ever so</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכֹ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">severely,</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹסִ֣יף</span> <span class="translit">(yō·sîp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3254.htm">Strong's 3254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To add, augment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">if</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I do not do</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־</span> <span class="translit">(’e·‘ĕ·śeh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for David</span><br /><span class="heb">לְדָוִ֔ד</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḏā·wiḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has sworn to him,</span><br /><span class="heb">נִשְׁבַּ֤ע</span> <span class="translit">(niš·ba‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7650.htm">Strong's 7650: </a> </span><span class="str2">To seven oneself, swear</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/3-9.htm">2 Samuel 3:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/3-9.htm">2 Samuel 3:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_samuel/3-9.htm">2 Samuel 3:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/3-9.htm">2 Samuel 3:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/3-9.htm">2 Samuel 3:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/3-9.htm">2 Samuel 3:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/3-9.htm">2 Samuel 3:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/3-9.htm">2 Samuel 3:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/3-9.htm">2 Samuel 3:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_samuel/3-9.htm">2 Samuel 3:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_samuel/3-9.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 3:9 God do so to Abner and more (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/3-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 3:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 3:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/3-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 3:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 3:10" /></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 id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>