אַבְנֵר

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.

1 Samuel 14:50

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Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.

1 Samuel 14:51

• אַבְנֵ֖רʾavnerproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.”

1 Samuel 17:55

• אַבְנֵר֙ʾavnerproper noun (a name)tagged: Abner
• אַבְנֵ֑רʾavnerproper noun (a name)tagged: O Abner
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So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.

1 Samuel 17:57

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He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.

1 Samuel 20:25

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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.

1 Samuel 26:5

• וְאַבְנֵ֥רveavnerconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

1 Samuel 26:7

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And David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, “Will you not answer me, Abner?” “Who calls to the king?” Abner replied.

1 Samuel 26:14

• אַבְנֵ֤רʾavnerproper noun (a name)tagged: Abner
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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?

1 Samuel 26:15

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Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

2 Samuel 2:8

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One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

2 Samuel 2:12

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Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.

2 Samuel 2:14

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The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.

2 Samuel 2:17

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and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.

2 Samuel 2:19

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• אַבְנֵֽר׃ʾavnerproper noun (a name)tagged: Abner

And Abner glanced back and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” “It is,” Asahel replied.

2 Samuel 2:20

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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.

2 Samuel 2:21

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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?”

2 Samuel 2:22

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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.

2 Samuel 2:23

• אַבְנֵר֩ʾavnerproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

2 Samuel 2:24

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The Benjamites rallied to Abner, formed a single unit, and took their stand atop a hill.

2 Samuel 2:25

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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?”

2 Samuel 2:26

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And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.

2 Samuel 2:29

• וְאַבְנֵ֣רveavnerconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Abner

When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,

2 Samuel 2:30

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but they had struck down 360 Benjamites who were with Abner.

2 Samuel 2:31

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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.

2 Samuel 3:6

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Meanwhile, Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”

2 Samuel 3:7

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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!

2 Samuel 3:8

• לְאַבְנֵ֨רleavnerpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Abner

May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:

2 Samuel 3:9

• לְאַבְנֵ֔רleavnerpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Abner

And for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.

2 Samuel 3:11

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Then Abner sent messengers in his place 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.”

2 Samuel 3:12

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Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.

2 Samuel 3:16

• אַבְנֵ֛רʾavnerproper noun (a name)tagged: Abner

Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.

2 Samuel 3:17

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Abner also spoke to the Benjamites and went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.

2 Samuel 3:19

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When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.

2 Samuel 3:20

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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.

2 Samuel 3:21

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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.

2 Samuel 3:22

• וְאַבְנֵ֗רveavnerconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and 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.”

2 Samuel 3:23

• אַבְנֵ֤רʾavnerproper noun (a name)tagged: 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!

2 Samuel 3:24

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Surely you realize that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to track your movements and all that you are doing.”

2 Samuel 3:25

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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.

2 Samuel 3:26

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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.

2 Samuel 3:27

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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.

2 Samuel 3:28

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(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

2 Samuel 3:30

• לְאַבְנֵ֑רleavnerpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Abner

Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.

2 Samuel 3:31

• אַבְנֵ֑רʾavnerproper noun (a name)tagged: Abner

When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.

2 Samuel 3:32

• אַבְנֵ֖רʾavnerproper noun (a name)tagged: Abner
• אַבְנֵ֔רʾavnerproper noun (a name)tagged: Abner

And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?

2 Samuel 3:33

• אַבְנֵ֖רʾavnerproper noun (a name)tagged: Abner
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So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.

2 Samuel 3:37

• אַבְנֵ֥רʾavnerproper noun (a name)tagged: Abner

Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.

2 Samuel 4:1

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So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

2 Samuel 4:12

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Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.

1 Kings 2:5

• לְאַבְנֵ֨רleavnerpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Abner

The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

1 Kings 2:32

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Everything that had been dedicated by Samuel the seer, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, along with everything else that was dedicated, was under the care of Shelomith and his brothers.

1 Chronicles 26:28

• וְאַבְנֵ֣רveavnerconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Abner

over the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead was Iddo son of Zechariah; over Benjamin was Jaasiel son of Abner;

1 Chronicles 27:21

• אַבְנֵֽר׃ סʾavnerproper noun (a name)tagged: Abner