Abner

All 40 verses in 2 Samuel, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 2:8

  Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

• 2 Samuel 2:12

  One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

• 2 Samuel 2:14

  Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.

• 2 Samuel 2:17

  The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.

• 2 Samuel 2:19

  and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.

• 2 Samuel 2:20

  And Abner glanced back and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” “It is,” Asahel replied.

• 2 Samuel 2:21

  So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.

• 2 Samuel 2:22

  Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”

• 2 Samuel 2:23

  But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.

• 2 Samuel 2:24

  But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

• 2 Samuel 2:25

  The Benjamites rallied to Abner, formed a single unit, and took their stand atop a hill.

• 2 Samuel 2:26

  Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”

• 2 Samuel 2:29

  And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.

• 2 Samuel 2:30

  When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,

• 2 Samuel 2:31

  but they had struck down 360 Benjamites who were with Abner.

• 2 Samuel 3:6

  During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had continued to strengthen his position in the house of Saul.

• 2 Samuel 3:7

  Meanwhile, Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”

• 2 Samuel 3:8

  Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!

• 2 Samuel 3:9

  May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:

• 2 Samuel 3:11

  And for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.

• 2 Samuel 3:12

  Then Abner sent messengers in his place to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”

• 2 Samuel 3:16

  Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.

• 2 Samuel 3:17

  Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.

• 2 Samuel 3:19

  Abner also spoke to the Benjamites and went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.

• 2 Samuel 3:20

  When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.

• 2 Samuel 3:21

  Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

• 2 Samuel 3:22

  Just then David’s soldiers and Joab returned from a raid, bringing with them a great plunder. But Abner was not with David in Hebron because David had sent him on his way in peace.

• 2 Samuel 3:23

  When Joab and all his troops arrived, he was informed, “Abner son of Ner came to see the king, who sent him on his way in peace.”

• 2 Samuel 3:24

  So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is getting away!

• 2 Samuel 3:25

  Surely you realize that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to track your movements and all that you are doing.”

• 2 Samuel 3:26

  As soon as Joab had left David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David was unaware of it.

• 2 Samuel 3:27

  When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.

• 2 Samuel 3:28

  Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.

• 2 Samuel 3:30

  (Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

• 2 Samuel 3:31

  Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.

• 2 Samuel 3:32

  When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.

• 2 Samuel 3:33

  And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?

• 2 Samuel 3:37

  So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.

• 2 Samuel 4:1

  Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.

• 2 Samuel 4:12

  So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.