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2 Samuel 3:20-22
New English Translation

20 When Abner, accompanied by twenty men, came to David in Hebron, David prepared a banquet for Abner and the men who were with him. 21 Abner said to David, “Let me leave so that I may go and gather all Israel to my lord the king so that they may make an agreement[a] with you. Then you will rule over all that you desire.” So David sent Abner away, and he left in peace.

Abner Is Killed

22 Now David’s soldiers[b] and Joab were coming back from a raid, bringing a great deal of plunder with them. Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for David[c] had sent him away and he had left in peace.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 3:21 tn After the cohortatives, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.
  2. 2 Samuel 3:22 tn Heb “And look, the servants of David.”
  3. 2 Samuel 3:22 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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