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Abner in the Bible
Saul's cousin and general, Abner keeps Ish-bosheth on the throne after Saul's death, then negotiates to bring Israel over to David. Joab murders him at the gate of Hebron in revenge, and David mourns him publicly.
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Verses mentioning Abner
65 occurrences across 53 verses in the King James Version.
- 1 Kings 2:32
And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
Read in context - 1 Chronicles 26:28
And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.
Read in context - 1 Chronicles 27:21
Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
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