2 Samuel 3:17-19

EasyEnglish Bible

¹⁷ Then Abner talked to the leaders of Israel. He said, ‘For a long time you have wanted David to be your king. ¹⁸ So now is your chance to do something! Remember that the Lord promised, “I will use David's strength to save my people, Israel, from the Philistines and from all their enemies.” ’

¹⁹ Abner also went himself to speak to the men of Benjamin's tribe.^[a] After that, he went to Hebron. He went to tell David what all Israel's people had agreed to do. All the people of Benjamin's tribe had also agreed the same thing.