2 Samuel 3:17-19

Expanded Bible

¹⁷ Abner ·sent this message to [consulted/conferred with] the elders of Israel: “[^LFor some time now] You have been wanting to make David your king. ¹⁸ Now do it! The Lord said of David, ‘·Through [^LBy the hand of] my servant David, I will ·save [rescue; ^Tdeliver] my people Israel from the [^Lhand of the] Philistines and all their enemies.’”

¹⁹ Abner also said these things to the people of Benjamin. He then went to Hebron to tell David what the Benjaminites and Israel ·wanted [agreed] to do.