2 Samuel 3:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And 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.

Whose

2 Samuel 19:6

2 Samuel 20:1

Make

Psalm 62:9

Luke 16:5

My hand

Matthew 21:8

Bible References

Whose

You love your enemies and hate those who love you! Today you have made it clear that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. In fact, today I know that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would be fine with you!

Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted:

We have no portion in David,
no inheritance in Jesse’s son.
Each man to his tent, Israel!

Make

Men are only a vapor;
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.

“So he summoned each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first one.

My hand

Abner said to David, “Let me now go and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king. They will make a covenant with you, and you will rule over all you desire.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

So he won over all the men of Judah, and they sent word to the king: “Come back, you and all your servants.”

All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

All these warriors, lined up in battle formation, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of Israel was also of one mind to make David king.

A very large crowd spread their robes on the road; others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.