1There was then long warre betweene the house of Saul and the house of Dauid: but Dauid waxed stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker.

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1 Kings 14:30, 1 Kings 14:30, 2 Samuel 2:17, Job 8:7, Proverbs 4:18

2And vnto Dauid were children borne in Hebron: and his eldest sonne was Amnon of Ahinoam the Izreelite,

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1 Chronicles 3:1, 1 Chronicles 3:4, 1 Chronicles 3:1, 1 Chronicles 3:4, Genesis 49:3

3And his seconde, was Chileab of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite: and the third, Absalom the sonne of Maacah the daughter of Talmai the King of Geshur,

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1 Samuel 27:8, 1 Samuel 27:8, 1 Chronicles 3:1, 1 Chronicles 3:1, 1 Samuel 25:3

4And the fourth, Adoniiah the sonne of Haggith, and the fifth, Shephatiah the sonne of Abital,

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1 Kings 1:5, 1 Kings 1:18, 1 Kings 2:13, 1 Kings 2:25, 1 Kings 1:5

5And the sixt, Ithream by Eglah Dauids wife: these were borne to Dauid in Hebron.

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6Nowe while there was warre betweene the house of Saul and the house of Dauid, Abner made all his power for the house of Saul.

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2 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel 2:9, 2 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel 2:9, Joel 3:9

7And Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiiah. And Ish-bosheth sayde to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in to my fathers concubine?

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2 Samuel 21:8, 2 Samuel 21:11, 2 Samuel 21:8, 2 Samuel 21:11, 2 Samuel 16:21

8Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dogges head, which against Iudah do shew mercie this day vnto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his neighbours, and haue not deliuered thee into the hande of Dauid, that thou chargest me this day with a fault concerning this woman?

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2 Samuel 9:8, 2 Samuel 9:8, 2 Samuel 16:9, 2 Samuel 16:9, Mark 6:18

9So doe God to Abner, and more also, except, as the Lord hath sworne to Dauid, euen so I doe to him,

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1 Samuel 15:28, 1 Samuel 15:28, 1 Kings 19:2, 1 Kings 19:2, 1 Chronicles 12:23

10To remoue the kingdome from the house of Saul, that the throne of Dauid may be stablished ouer Israel, and ouer Iudah, euen from Dan to Beer-sheba.

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1 Samuel 3:20, Judges 20:1, 1 Samuel 3:20, Judges 20:1, 2 Samuel 24:2

11And he durst no more answere to Abner: for he feared him.

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12Then Abner sent messengers to Dauid on his behalfe, saying, Whose is the lande? who should also say, Make couenant with me, and beholde, mine hande shalbe with thee, to bring all Israel vnto thee.

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1 Chronicles 12:38, 1 Chronicles 12:40, 1 Chronicles 12:38, 1 Chronicles 12:40, 2 Samuel 5:1

13Who saide, Well, I will make a couenant with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, that thou see not my face except thou bring Michal Sauls daughter when thou commest to see me.

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Genesis 43:3, Genesis 43:3, Genesis 44:26, 1 Samuel 19:11, 1 Samuel 19:17

14Then Dauid sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Sauls sonne, saying, Deliuer me my wife Michal, which I marryed for an hundreth foreskinnes of the Philistims.

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1 Samuel 18:27, 1 Samuel 18:27, 1 Samuel 18:25, 1 Samuel 18:25, 2 Samuel 2:10

15And Ish-bosheth sent, and tooke her from her husband Phaltiel the sonne of Laish.

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1 Samuel 25:44, 1 Samuel 25:44

16And her husband went with her, and came weeping behinde her, vnto Bahurim: then saide Abner vnto him, Go, and returne. So he returned.

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2 Samuel 19:16, 2 Samuel 16:5, 2 Samuel 19:16, 2 Samuel 16:5, 2 Samuel 17:18

17And Abner had communication with the Elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for Dauid in times past, that he might be your King.

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18Nowe then doe it: for the Lord hath spoken of Dauid, saying, By the hand of my seruant Dauid I will saue my people Israel out of the handes of the Philistims, and out of the handes of all their enemies.

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1 Samuel 15:28, 1 Samuel 15:28, Psalms 89:19, Psalms 89:23, Psalms 89:19

19Also Abner spake to Beniamin, and afterward Abner went to speake with Dauid in Hebron, concerning all that Israel was content with, and the whole house of Beniamin.

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1 Chronicles 12:29, 1 Chronicles 12:29, 1 Samuel 10:20, 1 Samuel 10:21, 1 Samuel 10:20

20So Abner came to Dauid to Hebron, hauing twentie men with him, and Dauid made a feast vnto Abner, and to the men that were with him.

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Genesis 31:54, Genesis 26:30, Esther 1:3, Genesis 31:54, Genesis 26:30

21Then Abner sayde vnto Dauid, I will rise vp, and goe gather all Israel vnto my lorde the King, that they may make a couenant with thee, and that thou mayest reigne ouer all that thine heart desireth. Then Dauid let Abner depart, who went in peace.

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1 Kings 11:37, 2 Samuel 3:12, 1 Kings 11:37, 2 Samuel 3:12, 2 Samuel 3:10

22And beholde, the seruants of Dauid and Ioab came from the campe, and brought a great pray with them (but Abner was not with Dauid in Hebron: for he had sent him away, and he departed in peace)

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23When Ioab, and all the hoste that was with him were come, men tolde Ioab, saying, Abner the sonne of Ner came to the King, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

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24Then Ioab came to the King, and saide, What hast thou done? beholde, Abner came vnto thee, why hast thou sent him away, and he is departed?

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John 18:35, 2 Samuel 3:8, Numbers 23:11, 2 Samuel 19:5, 2 Samuel 19:7

25Thou knowest Abner the sonne of Ner: for he came to deceiue thee, and to knowe thy outgoing and ingoing, and to knowe all that thou doest.

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Isaiah 37:28, Deuteronomy 28:6, Isaiah 37:28, Deuteronomy 28:6, 1 Samuel 29:4

26And when Ioab was gone out from Dauid, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him againe from the well of Siriah vnknowing to Dauid.

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Proverbs 27:4, Proverbs 27:6, Proverbs 26:23, Proverbs 26:26, Proverbs 27:4

27And when Abner was come againe to Hebron, Ioab tooke him aside in the gate to speake with him peaceably, and smote him vnder the fift ryb, that he dyed, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

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2 Samuel 20:9, 2 Samuel 20:10, 1 Kings 2:5, 2 Samuel 20:9, 2 Samuel 20:10

28And when afterwarde it came to Dauids eare, he saide, I and my kingdome are giltlesse before the Lord for euer, concerning the blood of Abner the sonne of Ner.

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Numbers 35:33, Numbers 35:33, Genesis 4:10, Exodus 21:12, Genesis 9:6

29Let the blood fall on the head of Ioab, and on all his fathers house, that the house of Ioab be neuer without some that haue running issues, or leper, or that leaneth on a staffe, or that doeth fall on the sworde, or that lacketh bread.

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2 Samuel 1:16, Psalms 109:8, Psalms 109:19, 2 Samuel 1:16, Psalms 109:8

30(So Ioab and Abishai his brother slewe Abner, because he had slaine their brother Asahel at Gibeon in battel)

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2 Samuel 2:19, 2 Samuel 2:23, Proverbs 28:17, Acts 28:4, 2 Samuel 2:19

31And Dauid said to Ioab, and to al the people that were with him, Rent your clothes, and put on sackecloth, and mourne before Abner: and King Dauid him selfe followed the beare.

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Genesis 37:34, Genesis 37:34, 2 Samuel 1:11, Judges 11:35, Joshua 7:6

32And when they had buryed Abner in Hebron, the King lift vp his voyce, and wept beside the sepulchre of Abner, and all the people wept.

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Proverbs 24:17, Proverbs 24:17, Job 31:28, Job 31:28, 2 Samuel 18:33

33And the King lamented ouer Abner, and sayde, Dyed Abner as a foole dyeth?

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2 Chronicles 35:25, Luke 12:19, Luke 12:20, 2 Samuel 13:12, 2 Samuel 13:13

34Thine handes were not bounde, nor thy feete tyed in fetters of brasse: but as a man falleth before wicked men, so diddest thou fall. And all the people wept againe for him.

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Judges 16:21, Job 24:14, 2 Samuel 1:12, Psalms 107:10, Psalms 107:11

35Afterwarde all the people came to cause Dauid eate meate while it was yet day, but Dauid sware, saying, So doe God to me and more also, if I taste bread, or ought els till the sunne be downe.

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2 Samuel 12:17, 2 Samuel 1:12, 2 Samuel 12:17, 2 Samuel 1:12, Jeremiah 16:7

36And all the people knewe it, and it pleased them: as whatsoeuer the King did, pleased all the people.

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Psalms 62:9, Mark 7:37, 2 Samuel 15:6, Mark 15:11, Mark 15:13

37For all the people and all Israel vnderstoode that day, howe that it was not the Kings deede that Abner the sonne of Ner was slaine.

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38And the King said vnto his seruants, Know ye not, that there is a prince and a great man falle this day in Israel?

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Job 32:9, 1 Samuel 14:50, 1 Samuel 14:51, 2 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel 3:12

39And I am this day weake and newly anoynted King: and these men the sonnes of Zeruiah be too harde for me: the Lord rewarde the doer of euill according to his wickednesse.

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Psalms 101:8, Psalms 28:4, 1 Kings 2:33, 1 Kings 2:34, Psalms 101:8