--- title: "2 Samuel 3:12-21 KJV - \"And Abner sent messengers to David on...\" | Real Bible Believers" description: "\"And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my\" — Read 2 Samuel 3:12-21 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon." image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/2-samuel/3/12-21" --- [ Read](/kjv/2-samuel/3)[ Commentary](/study/2-samuel/3)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/2-samuel/3) Audio ## 2 Samuel 3:12-21 in Context (Verses 9–24 KJV) [9 ](/kjv/2-samuel/3/9) So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; [10 ](/kjv/2-samuel/3/10) To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba. [11 ](/kjv/2-samuel/3/11) And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him. [12 ](/kjv/2-samuel/3/12) ¶ And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose *is* the land? saying *also*, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand *shall be* with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee. [13 ](/kjv/2-samuel/3/13) ¶ And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my face.* [14 ](/kjv/2-samuel/3/14) And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver *me* my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines. [15 ](/kjv/2-samuel/3/15) And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from *her* husband, *even* from Phaltiel the son of Laish.* [16 ](/kjv/2-samuel/3/16) And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.* [17 ](/kjv/2-samuel/3/17) ¶ And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past *to be* king over you:* [18 ](/kjv/2-samuel/3/18) Now then do *it:* for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. [19 ](/kjv/2-samuel/3/19) And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin. [20 ](/kjv/2-samuel/3/20) So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that *were* with him a feast. [21 ](/kjv/2-samuel/3/21) And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. [22 ](/kjv/2-samuel/3/22) ¶ And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from *pursuing* a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner *was* not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. [23 ](/kjv/2-samuel/3/23) When Joab and all the host that *was* with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. [24 ](/kjv/2-samuel/3/24) Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why *is* it *that* thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone? 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