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

by loving those who hate you and hating those who love you. Indeed, you have made clear this day that you have no [regard for your] commanders or officers, for I have realized today that [were] Absalom alive, and all of us were dead, then [that would] have been right in your eyes!

Now a man of wickedness was found there whose name [was] Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. He blew the horn and said, "There is no share for us in David, and there [is] no inheritance for us in the son of Jesse; each to his tents, O Israel!"

Make

Only a vapor [are] men of low degree, a deception [are] men of high degree. {Weighed} in a balance, together they [are lighter] than a vapor.

And he summoned each one of his own master's debtors [and] said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

My hand

And Abner said to David, "Let me get up and go and gather all of Israel to my lord the king, that they may {make a covenant} with you so you can reign over all which your soul desires." So David dismissed Abner, and he left in peace.

So all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and they said, "Here we [are], {we are your flesh and blood}.

So he turned the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, and they sent [word] to the king, "Return, you and all your servants."

Then all Israel gathered to David in Hebron, saying, "Look--we are your flesh and bones.

All these [were] men of war arrayed in battle line {with a whole heart}. They came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel. Likewise, all the rest of Israel [had] one heart to make David king.

And a very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading [them] on the road.